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Chapter 11 Web links
Chapter 11 Web links
Key Issues in Contemporary IR
International Terrorism
11.01. Click here for a number of different definitions of terrorism.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/jul/09/whats-definition-terrorism/
11.02. Click here to read the essay “Straight talk on terrorism”, written by Eqbal Ahmad. The essay is provided by Highbeam Business.
http://business.highbeam.com/4368/article-1G1-82137013/straight-talk-terrorism
11.03. The homepage of the Terrorism Research Center provides information about terrorists, terrorist attacks as well as several papers on terrorism.
http://www.terrorism.org/
11.04. Click here to learn more about US perceptions of state-sponsored terrorism.
http://www.newsweek.com/who-does-us-still-consider-state-sponsor-terrorism-322573
11.05. Another comprehensive website on terrorism is provided by the Council on Foreign Relations.
https://www.cfr.org/defense-and-security/terrorism-and-counterterrorism
11.06. Click here to read ‘A Brief History of Terrorism’ from the US Project on Government Oversight (POGO).
http://www.pogo.org/straus/issues/other-items/a-brief-history-of-terrorism.html
11.07. Here, you can view President George W. Bush’s address to America on the eve of 9/11.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMiqEUBux3o
11.08. Click here for the 9/11 Commission report and numerous related links.
http://www.9-11commission.gov/
11.09. This site contains information about NATO’s invocation of Article 5 of the Washington Treaty after 9/11.
http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2001/1001/e1002a.htm
11.10. Click here to read the US Patriot Act to Combat Terrorism. The site is hosted by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/sept11/hr2975_ih.asp
11.11. University of Michigan’s Documents Center provides access to a lot of documents related to America’s war on terrorism.
https://www.lib.umich.edu/mlibrary/search/searchtools%3Bejournals%3Bwebsite%3Bmirlyn%3Barticles_plus_results/america%2527s%2520war%2520on%2520terrorism
11.12. Click here to read an essay on the philosophy of terrorism, written by Ted Honderich. The paper is provided by State University of New York at Buffalo.
http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith//courses01/rrtw/Honderich.htm
11.13. In this paper, Peter Simpson discusses “The War on Terrorism: its Moral Justification and Limits”. The paper is provided by State University of New York at Buffalo.
http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith//courses01/rrtw/Simpson.htm
11.14. In his paper, “Bounding the Global War on Terrorism”, Jeffrey Record provides an analysis of the US war on terrorism. The paper is provided by Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pdffiles/PUB207.pdf
11.15. This article, written by John Solomon and Tara McKelvey, discusses the increasing threat due to the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/30/fbi-u-s-intelligence-see-terror-threat-mounting-after-bin-laden-death-ahead-of-fourth-of-july.html
11.16. Here, the US Department of State provides an “Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism”.
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239410.htm
11.17. At this site, Federation of American Scientists provides information about al Qaeda as well as links to other resources on this terrorist network.
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/ladin.htm
11.18. The Home Office (UK) provides an exclusive database on counter-terrorism.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/counter-terrorism/
11.19. The Nuclear Control Institute provides information about the risk of nuclear terrorism.
http://www.nci.org/nci-nt.htm
11.20. Here, the Institute for Science and International Security provides links to several articles on the risk of nuclear terrorism.
http://www.isis-online.org/
11.21. Click here to read the essay “How to Stop Nuclear Terror”, written by Graham Allison. The essay is provided by Foreign Affairs.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2004-01-01/how-stop-nuclear-terror
11.22. Click here to read an interview with Graham Allison about the risk of a nuclear terrorist attack on America. The interview is provided by NOVA.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/preparing-for-nuclear-terrorism.html
Environment
11.23. The World Wide Web Virtual Library contains a comprehensive collection of links to all kinds of web resources on sustainable development.
http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
11.24. In this paper, Alan Oxley focuses on the trade and environment debate. The paper is provided by the Australian APEC Study Centre.
http://www.apec.org.au/docs/oxley2001b.pdf
11.25. This website confers the problem of the increasing demand for water in the Arabic region.
http://al-bab.com/water-middle-east
11.26. This site provides information about the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
http://www.unep.org/
11.27. Click here to read the 1992 Rio Declaration On Environment And Development. The text is provided by UNESCO. Also consult the website of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for more information.
http://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/RIO_E.PDF
11.28. Click here to read the Bruntland Commission report on Environment and Development.
http://www.un-documents.net/our-common-future.pdf
11.29. To find out more about EU environmental policies, click here for the European Union’s web site on environmental issues.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm
11.30. On this website, you can find a lot of publications and resources regarding environmental problems and initiatives that GRID has made in collaboration with a range of partners, e.g. UNEP.
http://www.grida.no
11.31. The homepage of the United States Environmental Protection Agency contains a range of works on climate change.
https://www.epa.gov/climate-research
11.32. The Concise Encyclopaedia of Economics provides a thorough introduction to the greenhouse effect. The Encyclopaedia is hosted by the Library of Economics and Liberty.
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/GreenhouseEffect.html
11.33. Click here for the homepage of one of the most well-known environmental NGOs: Greenpeace.
http://www.greenpeace.org/homepage/
11.34. To learn more about food security and food scarcity, click here to view the homepage of UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
http://www.fao.org/
11.35. This paper is the final version on the Global Climate changes beyond 2012. This paper was signed by the G8 +5.
http://ccsl.iccip.net/combating_cc.pdf
Religion
11.36. This link provides access to several full text articles by Samuel P. Huntington published in Foreign Affairs
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1993-06-01/clash-civilizations
11.37. Click here to read Samuel P. Huntington’s ground-breaking article, ‘The Clash of Civilizations?’ The article was published in 1993 in Foreign Affairs.
http://users.metu.edu.tr/utuba/Huntington.pdf
11.38. In this interview Samuel P. Huntington discusses among other things the merits of his theories in light of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. http://www.pewforum.org/2006/08/18/five-years-after-911-the-clash-of-civilizations-revisited/
11.39. In this piece, Eric Kaufmann, Research Fellow at Harvard University, discusses why Samuel P. Huntington was so controversial within American academia. The essay was published in Prospect Magazine in 2009. http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/themeaningofhuntington/
11.40. Click here to read Jonathan Fox’s article “The Multiple Impacts of Religion on International Relations: Perceptions and Reality”. The site is maintained by Cairn Info.
http://www.cairn-int.info/abstract-E_PE_064_1059--the-multiple-impacts-of-religion-on.htm
11.41. In this piece, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd argues that the rise of religion confronts IR theory with a theoretical challenge comparable to the end of the Cold War.
11.42. Click here to read the introductory chapter to Elizabeth Shakman Hurd’s book The Politics of Secularism in International Relations, published in 2007 by Princeton University Press.
http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s8551.pdf
11.43. In this piece, Mohammad Abo-Kazleh argues for the necessity of “Rethinking International Relations Theory in Islam: Toward a More Adequate Approach”. The article was published in Alternatives, vol. 5, no. 4, 2006.
http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/19486
11.44. Here a panel of five experts discuss how religion is used to wage war. The videos are provided by the Harvard International Relations Council.
http://athome.harvard.edu/programs/irw/irw_video/irw1_1.html
11.45. Here Scott Thomas, Professor in the Department of Economics and International Development at the University of Bath, UK, discusses the significance of religion in international relations. The interview is provided by ISPI.
http://www.ispionline.it/it/documents/Religioni/Thomas_The%20Global%20Resurgence.pdf
11.46. This link provides access to a bibliography on religion and human security. The site is maintained by Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.
http://jsis.washington.edu/humsec/bibliography.shtml
11.47. In this article, Monica Duffy Toft examines the reasons for Islam’s disproportionate representation in religious civil wars from 1940 to 2000. The article was published in International Security, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, and is provided by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University.
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/is3104_pp097-131_toft.pdf
Balance and hegemony in world history
11.47. Click here to read Barry Buzan and Richard Little’s foreword to Adam Watson’s reissued book The Evolution of International Society. The page is provided by Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-International-Society-Comparative-introduction/dp/0415452104
11.48. Click here to read an excerpt from Barry Buzan and Richard Little’s International Systems in World History: Remaking the Study of International Relations. The page is provided by Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/International-Systems-World-History-Relations/dp/0198780656
11.49. Click here to read an excerpt from Barry Buzan and George Lawson’s The Global
Transformation: History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations. The page is provided by LSE Research Online.
11.50. Click here to read the Introduction to Kaufman, Little and Wohlforth’s edited 2007 volume on The Balance of Power in World History. The page is provided by Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Balance-Power-World-History/dp/0230507115
11.51. In this World Politics article, Daniel Nexon reviews the new literature on the balance of power in different historical state systems.
1.52. Click here for a comprehensive site on Ancient Greece, maintained by Thomas Sakoulas, who is a Professor and Chair of the Art Department at the State University of New York. The site provides, among other things, information about history, politics and culture.
http://ancient-greece.org/index.html
11.53. Click here to watch a conversation with British historical sociologist Michael Mann on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWnXX6cTVWg
11.54. This Wikipedia page contains an extended description of Charles Tilly’s 1990 book Coercion, Capital, and European States AD 990-1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coercion,_Capital,_and_European_States,_AD_990%E2%80%931992
11.55. Click here to watch a YouTube documentary on the unification of China in 221 BC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb1CcvqJ0gc
11.56 Click here to watch a BBC documentary on the rise of the Mongol Empire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAFnxV2GYRU
11.57. On this Wikipedia page, you can read about Sargon of Akkad, the first documented conqueror in history.