Theme 14 The Global War on terror and the Middle East

Questions for discussion:

1) Your point of view:  Terrorism is a form of asymmetric warfare

2)  Discuss the  Terrorism research

3) Discuss the   Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism

Basic literature:

1. Geoffrey Nunberg (October 28, 2001). "Head Games / It All Started with Robespierre / "Terrorism": The history of a very frightening word". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-11.

2. Jump up^ Robert Mackey (November 20, 2009). "Can Soldiers Be Victims of Terrorism?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-11. Terrorism is the deliberate killing of innocent people, at random, in order to spread fear through a whole population and force the hand of its political leaders.

3. Jump up^ Crenshaw, Martha, Terrorism in Context, p. 77.

4. Jump up^ Arnold, Kathleen R., ed. (September 23, 2011). Anti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia. II. ABC-CLIO, LLC. p. 461. ISBN 978-0-313-37521-7.

5. Jump up^ DANIEL BYMAN AND BENJAMIN WITTES. 2013. "How Obama Decides Your Fate If He Thinks You're a Terrorist." The Atlantic

6. Jump up^ "UN Reform". United Nations. 2005-03-21. Archived from the original on 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2008-07-11. The second part of the report, entitled "Freedom from Fear backs the definition of terrorism–an issue so divisive agreement on it has long eluded the world community–as any action "intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act"

7. Jump up^ Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The New York Times Inside Terrorism.

8. Jump up^ "Radicalisation, De-Radicalisation, Counter-Radicalisation: A Conceptual Discussion and Literature Review". The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT). 27 March 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

9. Jump up^ Angus Martyn, The Right of Self-Defence under International Law-the Response to the Terrorist Attacks of 11 September, Australian Law and Bills Digest Group, Parliament of Australia Web Site, 12 February 2002. Archived February 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.

Theme 15  Regional impact of the Afghan heroin trade

Questions for discussion:

1) Discuss: The Afghan Royal Family

2) Discuss: The Afghan economy and opium

3) Your vision: Nexus between the drug industry and Hawala

Basic literature:

1. David Greene (host, Morning Edition), Hayatullah Hayat (Governor of Helmand Province, Afghanistan), Tom Bowman (reporter), Dianne Feinstein (U.S. Senator, Chair of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control) (6 July 2016). Afghan Governor Wants Government To Control Poppy Crop (Radio broadcast). NPR. Event occurs at 0:10. Retrieved 6 July 2016. Afghanistan's poppy production… accounts for more than 90 percent of the world's heroin.

2. Jump up^ "UNODC 2010 world drug report, page 43" (PDF). Retrieved November 30, 2011.

3. Jump up^ "Bush Will Not Stop Afghan Opium Trade". August 9, 2008.

4. Jump up^ UNITED NATIONS Office on Drugs and Crime. "Afghanistan Opium Survey 2007"(PDF). Retrieved January 27, 2008.

5. Jump up^ "Opium Amounts to Half of Afghanistan's GDP in 2007, Reports UNODC" (Press release). UNODC. November 16, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2012.

Theme 16 Anti drug trafficking efforts in the countries of Central Asia

Questions for discussion:

1) Discuss: Drug liberalization

2) Discuss: Narco-capitalism

3) Discuss: Legal drug trade

Basic literature:

1. Forsyth AJ, Farquhar D, Gemmell M, Shewan D, Davies JB (May 1993). "The dual use of opioids and temazepam by drug injectors in Glasgow (Scotland)". Drug Alcohol Depend. 32 (3): 277–80. doi:10.1016/0376-8716(93)90092-5. PMID 8348877.

2. Jump up^ Chowclhury, S. & R&ma& A. (1998). Pattern and trends of drug abuse in Dh&a, Bangladesh. Report of the Asian Multicity Epidemiology Workgroup. Eds. Navamtnam V. and B&a-, A. A.. 144-50.

3. Jump up^ Baumevieille M, Haramburu F, Bégaud B (1997). "Abuse of prescription medicines in southwestern France". Ann Pharmacother. 31 (7–8): 847–50. doi:10.1177/106002809703100706. PMID 9220042.

4. Jump up^ Chapleo, C-B.; Reisinger, M.; Rindom, H. (1997). "European update". Research & Clinical Forums. 19: 33–38.

5. Jump up^ Chatterjee A, Uprety L, Chapagain M, Kafle K (1996). "Drug abuse in Nepal: a rapid assessment study". Bull Narc. 48 (1–2): 11–33. PMID 9839033