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Since early 2002, U.S. forces have provided training and intelligence support to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as a component of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The AFP have been engaged in combat with the Abu Sayyaf, a group previously known for its brutal, though hardly political, kidnappings. Though "Abu Sayyaf" is usually proceeded with the words the "al Qaeda-linked," there was little tangible evidence of such a link from the mid-1990s to 2002. From its founding in 1991 by Afghan veteran Abdurrajak Janjalani through Ramzi Yousef's Bojinka Plot in 1995, the links were clear and convincing. However, in 2002, the leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), al Qaeda's regional affiliate responsible for the bombings of the Sari Nightclub in Bali (October 2002), the J. W. Marriott Hotel (August 2003), and the Australian Embassy (September 2004), were reeling from a number of arrests and setbacks.
Diskursus mengenai gerakan Salafisme sebagai sebuah terminologi yang pada saat ini dikaji oleh para sarjana, baik yang berasal dari non-Muslim atau Barat maupun dari kelompok sarjana Muslim memiliki hubungan yang erat dengan Wahhabisme. Kemunculan Salafisme pada era kontemporer saat ini tidak bisa dipisahkan dari persentuhan antara ideologi Islam politik, terutama Ikhwanul Muslimin dengan ideologi Wahhabi. Persentuhan antara ideologi Ikhwanul Muslimin dengan Wahhabisme mengalami puncak keharmonisan sejak era Raja Faisal memimpin kerajaan Arab Saudi. Raja Faisal pada saat itu sangat berjasa bagi kelompok Ikhwanul Muslimin karena telah memberikan tempat bagi mereka ketika dikejar oleh rezim Gamal Abdul Nasser di Mesir.
Puji Syukur kehadirat Allat SWT, mengakhiri tahun 2018, Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis (FEB) Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) mendapat anugerah kelulusan 7 (tujuh) Doktor bidang Manajemen. Diharapkan, kuantitas dosen yang memenuhi 50% kualifikasi doktor dapat dicapai FEB akhir tahun 2022. Kolokium Doktoral merupakan tradisi akademik yang dikembangkan oleh FEB UMM dalam memberikan ruang kebebasan akademik bagi Doktor baru untuk dapat mendesiminasikan gagasan ilmiah mereka ke ruang publik. Pemikiran-pemikiran mereka yang disampaikan dalam forum ilmiah akan ditanggapi oleh para pakar baik dari kalangan akademisi maupun praktisi pengambil kebijakan. Forum ini akan memberikan manfaat bukan hanya dalam ranah pengembangan keilmuan akan tetapi turut berkontribusi dalam pemecahan masalah ekonomi dan bisnis khususnya menghadapi tantangan era revolusi industri 4.0. Kegiatan ilmiah ini akan dilaksanakan secara berkelanjutan dengan harapan terwujudnya pengakuan publik atas tercapainya keunggulan keilmuan baik untuk dosen secara individu maupun FEB sebagai institusi.
Tracing the years, 1990-1998, this text asserts that the Algerian civil war has striking similarities, indeed continuities, with that of the Ottoman regency, the French conquest and colonial occupation, and the national liberation war. It sees the Groupe Islamique Arme's Emirs as the heirs of the Barbary corsairs, the chieftains of the colonial era and the colonels of the independence struggle's Armee Liberation Nationale (ALN).
The history of Italy’s victory over the Red Brigades offers lessons that may be useful to America’s future. The United States has suffered from the horrors of home grown and global terrorism but so far has been spared the endemic violence of the kind that plagued Italy during the years of lead that are described in this volume. In 2003, Philip Heymann compared the US favorably to Italy, expressing relief that American society did not suffer from the kind of deep divisions that had created the conditions for the rise of the Red Brigades. Fifteen years later, Heymann’s confidence no longer looks so well founded. The political divisions in the United States have widened and become stubbornly entrenched. The combination of conspiratorial thinking, ideological division and a powerful sense of grievance, combined with the easy access to powerful weapons and a cult of political violence, should worry all those who are sworn to keep the peace.
This compendium of information on terrorist groups, violent international criminal gangs, and other extremist groups that have been or are currently operating is intended for use as a reference guide and research tool for academics, students, government officials, security personnel, military personnel, law enforcement personnel, and the public. The publication also lists and describes political organizations and religious or ethnic factions that espouse violence or display the threat of violence in their philosophical or operational standards. The information was collected from a broad range of sources, including interviews with, law enforcement and military practitioners, researchers and academics, and and government officials. The organizations are listed geographically by continent and country. The listing for each organization covers its stated aims, ideology, or policy; areas of operation, numbers of active members, numbers of supporters, structure, headquarters, leaders' names, funding sources, types of activities, publications, network contacts, significant actions and activities, and trends.
The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as 'the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.' While terrorism has been around for centuries, it was the al Qa'eda attacks of September 11, 2001, that brought home to the world, and most particularly the United States, just how dangerous terrorism can be. The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Terrorism presents the full spectrum of forms of political violence through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on major terrorist groups and their leaders, significant terrorist events, cyber-terrorism, counterterrorism, and social science concepts regarding the motivations and group dynamics of terrorist groups. Authors Sean K. Anderson and Stephen Sloan move beyond the gut reaction we have to this volatile and divisive topic by providing a reliable and objective reference on terrorism.
In 2015, Congress tasked the Department of Defense to commission an independent assessment of U.S. military strategy and force posture in the Asia-Pacific, as well as that of U.S. allies and partners, over the next decade. This CSIS study fulfills that congressional requirement. The authors assess U.S. progress to date and recommend initiatives necessary to protect U.S. interests in the Pacific Command area of responsibility through 2025. Four lines of effort are highlighted: (1) Washington needs to continue aligning Asia strategy within the U.S. government and with allies and partners; (2) U.S. leaders should accelerate efforts to strengthen ally and partner capability, capacity, resilience, and interoperability; (3) the United States should sustain and expand U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region; and (4) the United States should accelerate development of innovative capabilities and concepts for U.S. forces.
The National Bestseller “Focused and persuasive... Bray’s book is many things: the first English-language transnational history of antifa, a how-to for would-be activists, and a record of advice from anti-Fascist organizers past and present.”—THE NEW YORKER As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism — also known as “antifa.” Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler, the antifa movement has suddenly burst into the headlines amidst opposition to the Trump administration and the alt-right. In a smart and gripping investigation, historian and activist Mark Bray provides a detailed survey of the full history of anti-fascism from its origins to the present d...