Is The Threat Of International Security?

To understand the convoluted events of Al-Qaeda’s reign of terror on America I had to delve into the history of Al-Qaeda’s origins and

Before 2001, al-Qaeda, an Islamist militant organization founded by Osama bin Laden, had proven itself a security menace to both the West and the Muslim world. Achieving its height of power in 2001, the group and its Taliban allies were on the verge of taking over Afghanistan (Longest, 7). Then the group made a central mistake: It choose to wage an offensive jihad attack against the United States on American soil. For a time after 9/11, al-Qaeda appeared largely victorious from the devastation left behind of their ruthless exploit; but instead, the craven act would prove to be the beginning of the terrorist organization’s demise.

In this essay I am going to discuss whether Al Qaeda still poses a threat to the United States. The essay will discuss the current state, since 2013, of Al Qaeda and its affiliate groups. It will use the information to lay out claims and facts that show Al Qaeda is still remains a threat. Although the threat has diminished some since the 9/11 terror attacks it still remains. The threat has gone from huge major attacks to smaller, lone wolf, attacks on the mainland of the United States. Al Qaeda still poses a threat to U.S. embassies in the Middle East, troops stationed abroad, and U.S. aid workers abroad. Al Qaeda also poses a threat to the financial welfare of the United States. The

Today, one of the biggest issues facing the United States as well as the rest of the world is the Sunni-militant group which goes by the name of “ISIS,” or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It has been the topic for major discussion for the past three years, with many leaders of major countries and nations trying to figure out how to defeat them. ISIS is a powerful force and has been for several years and many countries including the United States are trying to figure out how to stop them.

ISIS which is also known by other names such as ISIL or the Islamic State, arised around 1999 in Iraq as a group of extreme Sunni Muslim Jihadists. Extreme jihadism is the practice of extremely agressive interpretations of the Jihad and of Islamic fundamentalism. Though every muslim somewhat follows their own Jihad , this group has taken it to another level both believing it is right to kill and behead in the name of god. After Americas invasion of Iraq was over , and with the neighboring civil war in Syria , the brutal group has been able to gain alot of power in the past couple years and seems to be gaining even more now.

International terrorism does not pose a significant challenge to national security, due to a few reasons. This question does not have a simple answer, there is an issue with terrorism, but it terms of it being a substantial impediment to our nations security, it is not. John Mueller, author of the “No” argument, draws light to the minority of people behind these extreme groups who actually possess the capabilities to lead a terrorist organization. Mueller says, “its capabilities are far inferior to its desires.” One extremist group, Al-Qaeda, attacked the United States on 9/11 and since then, have proceeded to do nothing other than release videos complete with pointless threats. A misconception tied with terrorism says, other Muslim countries

ISIS has taken over Syria and Iraq, and has changed so many things in the lives of the people. The people that live under ISIS have been affected by many different things. If ISIS does not like something you will most likely be beaten, abused, or killed. They also do not give them enough time for using water. The people are hurt much more than what the world is actually allowed to see. Most of the people of Syria and Iraq want ISIS gone and to be “destroyed,” but nobody has found any way of doing that so far. Many countries are trying to find a way to do so. ISIS is a Salafi jihadist militant group that follows a fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. In other words, they are a terrorist group that puts fear into people's lives

I don't necessarily see ISIS as a threat to a civilization. History has seen groups like ISIS before. ISIS is nothing new; instead, they have been building up on what previous groups did. For example, Soviet Union denied any Western idea in their country and denied any form of protest. They stopped people by showing them force and killing them. It does not matter how they denied people. The idea is a RADICAL, EXTREMIST group who emerge on other people's idea. History has seen radical groups a lot. Either radical Islamic or radical Communist; it does not matter. This is what I

ISIS is very dangerous to the whole world. Who is ISIS? ISIS is an archaic Sunni militant group. They want to create their own own government and base it off the Laws of the Quran. They sadly planning to annihilate or convert the people who do not have the same belief system as them. There are different branches of Islam which the largest groups are Sunni and Shia and the further more splits. ISIS is part of a Sunni branch know as the Salafist, who prefer to return to antiquity teachings. They are considered terrorists by different countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the United nations.

Isis is a major terrorist group which is taking over Europe little by little starting in Syria and Iraq. Isis thinks that they are doing what it is right for their religion, but others think they are doing it as cold blood. Isis is hoping that they can take over america also. Isis is causing problems politically, environmentally.

If we had identified the Islamic State’s intentions early, and realized that the vacuum in Syria and Iraq would give it ample space to carry them out, we could/should have pushed Iraq to harden its border with Syria and preemptively make deals with its Sunnis. That would have prevented Iraq’s third-largest city from falling under ISIS control. Yet, just over a year ago, President Obama told The New Yorker that he considered ISIS to be al-Qaeda’s weaker partner. “If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,” the president said. Our failure to appreciate the split between the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, and the essential differences between the two, has led to dangerous decisions. As an example, last fall, the U.S. government consented to a desperate plan to save American aid worker Peter Kassig’s life. The plan required interaction of

When an individual thinks of security, one of the first thoughts is that of warfare or the protection from. To be secure from attack from foreign governments or non-state violent actors. However, security is much more encompassing. One can look into Buzan’s five areas of security, military, political, economic, societal, and environmental, to begin to define what security actually encompasses.

The one international organization and major actor that needs to address ISIS is the UN Security Council. The question is what tools does the UN Security Council have to limit their power, and money that is continually streamlined in. Consequently, the Security Council currently only deals with states, therefore it is a difficult proposition for the organization to intervene with ISIS. However, in the past, the council “calls upon the parties to a dispute to settle it by peaceful means and recommends methods of adjustment or terms of settlement”(Security Council UN). Furthermore, the Security Council has the right to impose sanctions and use force to restore peace around the globe. It was noted in UN Security Council Resolution 2170, “terrorism can only be defeated by a sustained and comprehensive approach involving the active participation and collaboration of all States… which is why our first priority is to encourage others to join in this important endeavor.” Back in 2014, the Security Council put forth a few plans to defeat and limit the power of ISIS. The UN Security Council also worked with NATO to lay these solutions out. The first solution is providing military support to our middle east partners and allies like Hungry. Secondly, the UN Security Council and

Differing accounts on either pole focus on al-Qaeda’s continued relevance as the premier terrorist network, whether it is any longer effective or not. From there, the natural conclusion comes around to asking how effective al-Qaeda is, and by which mechanisms does it project that effectiveness. Aside from this, both parties agree that al-Qaeda has an uncanny habit of surviving in the turbulent international dialectic that spawned radical Muslim distress, vicariously.

Security is a central concern in the study of international relations (IR). Yet despite being the focus of considerable scrutiny, few agreed conceptions of security exist (Buzan, 1991; Huysmans, 2006; Terriff et al., 1991; McSweeney, 1999; Morgan, 1992; Croft 2012; Smith 2000). Buzan even goes as far to posit that the very conception of security is “essentially contested” and thus poses an unsolvable debate (Buzan, People, states and fear; Little, ideology and change, p35). These disagreements have created rifts in the security community over what can be threatened and indeed what can even be considered a threat. Part of the complexity to the subject is derived from the numerous opposing and often contradicting theoretical perspectives within international relations itself, of which security is a sub-field (Terrif et al. 1991 – Security studies today). This paper thereby seeks to trace the various theoretical strands of security studies with the hope of elucidating how and why Islam, and Muslims immigrants have been increasingly portrayed as a threat and ‘Otherised’ in Britain.