Themes, ideas, important points, and contentions should all be appropriately
referenced
with citations and page numbers. Endnotes, or citations in the
body of the paper, should be used in a consistent and clear manner.
Quotations of three lines or more should be indented and single-spaced. The
pages in your paper should be numbered. Standard margins should be
employed for each page. Endnotes are not part of the page count.
Part 1
Describe and explain the essential assumptions of the strategic model and
the natural
systems models of terrorism as discussed in the following article:
Max Abrahms/What Terrorists Really Want: Terrorist Motives and
Counterterrorism Strategy, International Security Volume 32, Number 4,
Spring 2008, pp. 78-105.
Part 2
Select at least two (2) of the readings listed below and, wherever
appropriate, compare
and/or contrast relevant information and analytical
perspectives. Include in your discussion of the readings you have selected
comparative references, when appropriate, to your
description and
explanation in Part I above.
1) Alan Krueger, “What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of
Terrorism”, The Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures, London School of
Economics 2006.
2) Kennedy Odedejan, “Terrorism’s Fertile Ground”, NYT Opinion Pages,
p. A23/OP-ED Contributor, January 8, 2014.
3) James A Piazza, “Poverty, minority economic discrimination, and
domestic terrorism”, Journal of Peace Research May 2011 48: 339-353.
4) Mark Kukis, “Political violence is not just for poor countries anymore”,
(Note: This same article is also posted with the title “Unrest in your
backyard”.) Aeon, 5 January 2021
5. Bernard Lewis, “The Roots Of Muslim Rage”, Atlantic Monthly,
September 1990.
