What is the interrelationship between a terrorist group’s cause (their motiveâ ) and the message they are trying to send by conducting an attack on innocents? [if any]
What do the London Subway bombings in 2005 highlight about the terrorist attack cycle and the means (tools) employed by international terrorists?
In your own words describe the differences between a fundamentalist, an extremist, and a terrorist.
Describe at least two modern catalysts that have enabled Salafi-Jihadis to become a worldwide international terrorist movement.
What were the key factors and conditions that allowed Osama Bin Laden to create al Qaeda and build it into a global jihadi terrorist powerhouse network?
Compare and contrast the core al Qaeda group (AQ central) with that of the so-called Islamic State or ISIS.
f you could go back in time and serve on the National Security Council staff of the President what changes would you recommend either President Bush make to his 2003 National Strategy for
Combating Terrorism or President Obama make to his 2011 National Strategy for Counter Terrorism?
What measures or metrics do you think would be most effective in determining if a counter terrorism strategy is appropriate and working