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Terrorism has recently become a major preoccupation of U.S. foreign policy. However, terrorism is as old as organized government. The question is whether there is something new afoot that portends a change in the balance of power between states and their opponents. Answering that question requires going beyond current events to tackle the issues that are at the core of this seminar: 1) what terrorism is; 2) why individuals and groups use terrorism; 3) how the phenomenon has changed over tine; and 4) how states best deal with terrorism. In this seminar, you shall read extensively on each of these topics, and you shall be required to write papers on each. Only then will you address the final issue: a critical analysis of the U.S. government's current campaign against terrorism.
Instructor: INT or SOC
