LESSON 4- MILITARY THREATS FROM NON STATE ACTORS Flashcards
a word bandied about in conflict situations in order to contrast one side’s legitimate killing to another side’s illegitimate killing
TERRORISM
most prevalent and successful form of political
non-governmental violence has come from movements claiming to represent a nation, using force to achieve independence
for their people.
SECESSIONIST
the belief that nations are entitled to sovereign statehood, has been a powerful force within international politics since the latter part of the
nineteenth century
National self-determination
Nationalism can inspire some people to take up arms to secede but also inspire others to fight to prevent that secession is also known as?
Counter-secessionist
RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE
- Judaism
- Islam
- Hinduism
- Christianity
- Buddhism
IDENTIFY THE RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE ACCORDING TO THE EVENT PRESENTED
Probably the world’s first organized campaign of violence by a non-state group against a government waged by the Zealots of Israel against Roman rule.
JUDAISM
Over a millennium later political violence returned to become a major feature of international politics
ISLAM
The 1979 Iranian Revolution, which overthrew a
Western-oriented royal dynasty and put in its place a
fundamentalist Shi’a regime, served as the catalyst for armed Islamist struggles, both Shi’a and Sunni
ISLAM
noted as a religion of tolerance, and systematic
religiously inspired attacks on people of other faiths historically have been rare.
HINDUISM
is less associated with aggressive fundamentalism
than other major faiths but it is an indication of how far religious terrorists can bastardize the scriptures which inspire them that it too has also spawned a radical, violent offshoot.
Buddhism
has long been blended with crude racism
in US white supremacist groups such as Aryan nations
Christianity
State responses to political non-state
Violence
1.Appeasement
2. Zero tolerance
3. Containment
becoming a primary security concern in their own countries and a source of international concern because of anti-capitalist actions taken throughout the world
Marxist
_____________ is generally associated with the tightening of state authority and tends to be from ‘above’ rather than ‘below’.
Fascism
TRUE OR FALSE
Marxist tend to be ultra-nationalists who do not like foreigners, so where their actions have occurred they have, until recently, tended to be part of purely domestic campaigns.
ANS. FASCIST
FALSE
Marxist becomes a primary security concern in their own countries and a source of international concern because of anti-capitalist actions taken throughout the world
TRUE
Fascism has spawned fewer violent non-governmental groups than Marxism
TRUE
Marxism is generally associated with the tightening of state authority and tends to be from ‘above’ rather than ‘below’.
ANS. FASCISM
FALSE
