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Identifier	Thesis 2232
Author	Taylor, Jared Daniel, 1978-
Title	Twenty first century terrorism : comparative analysis of the internal and external root causes of terrorism : understanding al-Qaeda
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2012
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	This research examines the internal and external root causes of terrorism by providing an in depth study of al-Qaeda. After more than ten years of fighting, the war on terror the threat from al-Qaeda still remains. Al-Qaeda cells around the world have been disrupted and a majority of al-Qaeda's top leadership has been either killed or captured. Despite the death Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda still poses a threat to the world. Al-Qaeda has evolved into a global terrorist actor. The growing appeal of its guiding Salafist ideology has swelled its ranks since 9/11. Furthermore, many of the early gains originally achieved in the war in Afghanistan have been lost. President Obama used a similar strategy as former President George W. Bush and escalated the war in Afghanistan. The additional troops sent to Afghanistan did little to achieve the desired success. Obama is now disengaging from Afghanistan and combat operations will end in 2014, yet the war on terror continues in Yemen, Somalia and throughout the world. The current debate on al-Qaeda classifies the organization in the same category as the traditional nineteenth century terrorist groups. This is wrong, dangerous and has led to counterterrorist strategies that will fail to accomplish long term security for the United States. The current War on Terror has given the U.S. two costly wars and done little to defeat terrorism. For too long the attempts to understand the motivations of al-Qaeda have focused on Western interpretations of its causes and ignored what the organization states as its motives. By understanding the internal and external causes that draw people to al-Qaeda, law enforcement, intelligence agencies, and policy makers within the government can develop better counter terrorist strategies to reduce the risk from terrorism. This research hopes to expand the knowledge of why people are drawn to al-Qaeda as well as the contributing factors that motivate the organization. This research will conduct a qualitative research by examining the ideology behind al-Qaeda as well as the external causes like U.S. foreign policy. The research will separate the causes of terrorism into three categories: 1) psychological factors, 2) religious factors, and 3) political factors. The political factors can be sub-divided into two categories. The first category will examine political Islam exploring the political objectives of the organization and how they are mixed with religion. The second sub-category will examine U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. It will also use a qualitative case study research analyzing the formation and history of al-Qaeda to enrich the understanding of the conditions that breed terrorism. Conditions like the history of the Arab world and why it is still relevant to present day, oppression, and feelings of hopelessness that push ordinary people to commit violent acts and kill innocent people. Perceived social injustice can make people feel that killing one group of people is justified, if it changes their situation
Subject	Qaida (Organization) Terrorism Political violence Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Department	Department of Political Science
Advisor	El-Eid, Ghassan
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
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