Protracted Social Conflict in the Globalized World: The Case of Newly Merged Tribal Districts (NMTDs) in Pakistan by Tariq Mahmood, Muhammad Talha Malik

“…The area was dragged into protracted social conflict (PSC) once again after Pakistan joined the US in the global war on terror (GWOT). Successful military operations and border fencing between Pakistan and Afghanistan have significantly restricted activities of militancy and terrorism in the region; however, a significant problem in conflict management is foreign intervention and lack of development in the social sector in the region. …”
Get full text

Reproduction of Islamophobia in a Digital Cloak: An Analysis on Digital War Game “Call of Duty” by Narmin Abdullayeva, Düriye İlkim Buke Okyar

“…Thus, this article contributes to how digital war games communicate misleading stereotypes and have been involved in stigmatizing Islam and Muslims and perpetuating Islamophobia in the context of the US-led Global War on Terror. Based on its analysis of the game, the article concludes that the stereotyped group is portrayed more often in a violent-terrorism context than in a nonviolent context where a solid associative link between terrorism and Arabs is established.…”
Get full text

Military diplomacy and Russia’s policy in Syria by T. V. Verbitskaia

“…The research is focused on Russian measures in its war against terror in Syria. The author posits that Russia’s actions in Syria represent a model which refl ects the role of non-governmental actors in world politics, the methods used in international affairs and the specifi cs of international crimes.…”
Get full text

No more binaries: a case of Pakistan as an anomalistic discourse in American print media (2001–2010) by Tauseef Javed, Jiandang Sun, Ayisha Khurshid

“…On the other side, his efforts in the War on Terror are looked upon as dubious and the media coverage is mixed.…”
Get full text

تطور العلاقات السعودية – الإيرانية وآثارها على القضية الفلسطينية خلال الفترة من 2001 – 2016م by محمد أحمد حسن أحمد

“…The study in this chapter concluded: 1- Explaining the stages of hardening and then détente in relations, according to each stage, its leaders, their personal characteristics and their actions. 2- The extent of the influence of geographical factors, human resources, national personality and the political development of countries. 3- The political environment in the countries is closed and the decision is for the guide, as he is the highest authority according to the constitution (Wilayat al-Faqih). 4- Likewise, the king, his deputy, the decisions, and the matter is a consultation in the royal family, who number 7,000 princes, and are involved in all fields. 5- With the emergence of oil, agreements were concluded with the United States, then crises occurred in the region and foreign forces were called in, then the events of September 11, 2001, then the war on terror, the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, and other repercussions.…”
Get full text

Gandhi’s Militant Nonviolence in the Light of Girard’s Mimetic Anthropology by Wolfgang Palaver

“…Nuclear rivalry, as well as terrorism and the war against terror, exemplify the dangerous escalation of violence that is threatening our world. …”
Get full text

Khaled Hosseini's women as modern archetypes: A study of obedient, resistant and empowered Afghan women by Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Imran, Sayed M. Ismail

“…This article finds that Hosseini correlates Afghan women's issues like tradition and modernity, women and Islam, mother and daughter relationship, resistance and rebellion, and their quest for change and empowerment with the war on terror, foreign invasions, and the rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan.…”
Get full text

Securing Singapore/Managing Perceptions: From Shooting the Messenger to Dodging the Question by Jonathan Woodier

“…This paper will examine how the government has successfully met these challenges in a public relations triumph, effectively winning the battle for the hearts and minds of its internal audience, as well as shoring up the image of 'Fortress Singapore' and appeasing external allies in the 'war against terror', thus keeping Singapore critics in check and neutralizing any external political support for domestic political movements.…”
Get full text

‘Follow the Money’ by Mariana Bernussi, Priscila Villela, Lívia Jardinovsky Debatin

“…The United States has taken the center stage in this effort ever since the proclamation of the war on drugs and the continuing war on terror by promoting the ‘follow the money’ principle as a fundamental strategy to be adopted worldwide. …”
Get full text

Yes, We Khan—Diversity and De-Monsterization of Muslim Identities in <i>Ms. Marvel</i> (2014–) by Anja Borg Andreassen

“…In addition, Kamala Khan comes into existence in a political and social context where the 9/11 attacks, the ‘War on Terror’, and Islamophobia continue to reverberate. …”
Get full text

PASHTUN IMAGES IN CONTEMPORARY PAKISTANI FICTION IN ENGLISH by Syed Hanif Rasool

“…This paper proposes that from the times of the Cold War to those of the War on Terror, Pashtun identities have been clouded by the hegemonic discourses of the contesting global powers, leading to gaps and silences in their depiction in literature.This paper argues that the Pashtun images in contemporary Pakistani fiction in English exhibit strong influences of the dominating narratives; simultaneously, however, they seem to offer various patterns of subversion of the prevailing power narratives. …”
Get full text

Access to Justice for the Wrongfully Accused in National Security Investigations by Jasminka Kalajdzic

“…Among the casualties in the ‘war on terror’ is the presumption of innocence. It is now known that four Canadians who were the subject of investigation by the RCMP and CSIS were detained and tortured in Syria on the basis of information that originated in and was shared by Canada. …”
Get full text

UNDERSTANDING GUANTANAMO THROUGH ITS PARALLEL WITH SLAVERY by William Rowlandson

“…<p class="first" id="d132766e69">There are tangible and unsettling links between the age of the Atlantic Slave Trade and the peculiar nature of capture, transportation and detention of terror suspects in the War on Terror. The detainees of Guantánamo Bay Detention Center share much with the slaves who, over a century before, lived and worked in the lands of eastern Cuba. …”
Get full text

Stakeholder characteristics in rapid acquisition by Meyer, Michael J., S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Get full text

The politics of space: Vietnam as a Communist heterotopia in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees by Asl, Moussa Pourya

“…Hence, it is concluded that the juxtaposition of two irreconcilable spaces—the heterotopic representation of Vietnam in relation to the utopianised picture of America—feeds into the contemporary discourse of war on terror by reflecting the Cold War register of anxiety about an insidious Communist threat.…”
Get full text

Contending Visions of Contemporary Islamic Reassertion by Mian Muhammad Rafi, Humaira Ahmad

“…Islamic revolution of Iran, the assassination of Egyptian President Sadat of Egypt, initiation of the the process of Islamization in Pakistan, Islamist resistance to USSR‟s invasion of Afghanistan, and occupation of the Holy Mosque of Mecca by Muslim extremists were among some of those unprecedented incidents. the end of Cold War, the appearance of Al-Qaeda at the world stage, the unfortunate occurrence 9/11 and the consequent initiation of of the war of terror to eliminate terrorism exacerbated this situation. …”
Get full text

ROMANIA’S VULNERABILITIES REGARDING RADICALIZATION AND OBSERVED TRENDS OF THE PHENOMENON by Iulia-Mihaela DRĂGAN

“…The terminology of radicalization started to be acknowledged after the 9/11 events, a turning point for international security that marked the beginning of the War on Terror. Practitioners, policymakers, and researchers in the field of countering terrorism focused more and more on the concept of radicalization as a precursor of terrorism, in the sense of being the starting point for preventing the terrorism phenomenon. …”
Get full text

Aid and Human Rights: The Case of US Aid to Israel by Murad Ali

“…Focusing on US bilateral aid policies during three distinct periods: the Cold War, the post-Cold War and the ‘war on terror’; this study shows that instead of linking aid to respect for human rights in the case of Israel, the US has rather authorized more aid to the Jewish State despite the latter's dismal record of human rights performance. …”
Get full text

Countering/Preventing Violent Extremism in Nigeria, Somalia, and Pakistan: A Comparative Analysis by Sadia Sulaiman

“… After a two-decade-long War on Terror (WoT), the world still faces the threat of violent extremism and terrorism. …”
Get full text

The Role of Sufism in the Identity Construction, Mobilization and Political Activism of the Barelwi Movement in Pakistan by Alix Philippon

“…In the framework of the “War against terror”, mainly targeting their more reformist doctrinal challengers, the Barelwi presence in the public sphere has increased. …”
Get full text