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Dissertation on US AND SAUDI ARABIAN COUNTER TERRORISM

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Dissertation on US AND SAUDI ARABIAN COUNTER TERRORISM

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  1. DISSERTATION US AND SAUDI ARABIAN COUNTER TERRORISM POLICY – A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

  2. US-SAUDI COUNTER TERRORISM

  3. INTRODUCTION • Counter terrorism policies are the methods and rules adopted by various security agencies to tackle the terrorism problem. • Counter terrorism policies and regulations are developed jointly by authorities like department of home land security in USA. • In Saudi Arabia they are developed ministry of internal affairs and government of Saudi Arabia.

  4. INTRODUCTION • Basic motive and goal of terrorism is to create fear in the mind of citizens of a society by using various form of violent activities. • Anti terrorism and counter terrorism both are working against any form of terrorism. • Most of the terrorist groups are based on religious fanatics, cross border conflicts, conflicts and animosity based on differences in religion, race and color.

  5. STRUCTURE OF REPORT AND LIKELY CHAPTERS • INTRODUCTION • AIMS AND OBJECTIVES • LITERATURE REVIEW • RESEARCH METHODOLOGY • DATA ANALYSIS • RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION • REFERENCES (all these headings are title of chapters’ each chapter would have several sub headings)

  6. AIM AND OBJECTIVES • This research is aiming to analyse various aspects of counter terrorism policies and do a comparative analysis. • Objective of this research is to identify key points of both country's counter terrorism policies and then conduct a critical comparative analysis which will provide new insights in subject matter.

  7. JUSTIFICATION AND REASON • This topic is very interesting as a title for dissertation because lately terrorism has been a very important issue for various governments of world. • Saudi Arabia as a country is very uniquely positioned in countering terrorism. • There are certain local condition involved with Saudi Arabia which makes their counter terrorism policy superior and more effective. • This title is very contemporary in nature and provides a complete overview of the counter terrorism policy of both countries.

  8. RESEARCH QUESTIONS • what are the salient features of counter terrorism policies of country of Saudi Arabia and USA? • How are both policies different? • How can we explain both policies and compare them analytically.

  9. LITERATURE OVERVIEW • Terrorism can be more appropriately defined as means and mechanism to create an environment of fear and paranoia. • a terrorist group remains dominant and formidable in nature by installing fear in mind of people. • It uses violent explosions, threatening’ covert attacks on innocent people and aggressive agitation against governments and establishments.

  10. LITERATURE OVERVIEW (CONTD.) • counter terrorism is not a new phenomenon but after world trade center attack in New York a whole new meaning of counter terrorism has evolved. • A counter terrorism policy is developed after a long analysis and understanding of the current and future requirements of the security • Counter terrorism does not confines itself to the military and weapon related tactics.

  11. LITERATURE OVERVIEW (CONTD.) • measures like political pressure’ economic tactics to control and curb the budding terrorist activities are also used in a holistic counter terrorism policy. • International organizations like United Nations, NATO, WTO creates a collective pressure on countries to curb terrorism. • Intelligence services and spy agencies also play a very deterministic role in counter terrorism activities.

  12. LITERATURE OVERVIEW (CONTD.) • Saudi Arabia is an Islamic country which follows the law of Islamic religion and constitution to the letter. • Saudi Arabia as a country is one of the most powerful and respected country in Middle East. • They are ideally suited to became a long term strategic partner of USA for countering terrorism

  13. LITERATURE OVERVIEW (CONTD.) • Saudi Arabia’s counter terrorism policy is developed in a very meticulous way where minor details are considered. • USA has made one policy of counter terrorism which is being applied in all situations with minor changes. • Saudi Arabia’s policy is drafted keeping what is the current and future requirements of the country in considerations.

  14. CHALLENGES AND PRELIMINARY ARGUEMENTS • Saudi Arabia’s counter terrorism policy is considered as a slow impacting policy which will be argued by some academicians who will challenge its effectiveness. • One of the biggest challenges in choosing a topic like counter terrorism is restriction in accessing data and refusal of concerned persons in answering the questions. • This topic is of international importance and very sensitive in nature making it a very interesting as well as challenging topic.

  15. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN USA AND SAUDIARABIA’S THREAT • There is a very contrasting difference between threat types and its level in USA and Saudi Arabia. • USA’S threat is basically from outside the border of country while in Saudi Arabia there is a very real possibility of threat originating from inside the borders. • Terrorist groups will rarely found a sympathizing organization in USA but in Saudi Arabia there might be certain group of people who sympathizes with the terrorist’s cause thus creating an internal threat.

  16. SOVEREIGNTY OF COUNTRIES • USA and Saudi Arabia are both sovereign countries but they have different forms of authority over their geographical countries. • USA has a more democratic establishment and their final authority is president of the country but congress of parliament governs president and his decisions as well • In Saudi Arabia King of the country is the highest authority to take decision in such matter. • Both the countries have different form of governments and different perception of sovereignty but on counter terrorism they have common goals in their mind. • Sovereignty exclusion includes territorial integrity and a sovereign technically means the supreme decision making and in both countries structure of this authority is different which makes slight issues with compatibility.

  17. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN BOTH COUNTRIES • USA and Saudi Arabia as a nation and community are very different from each other culturally. • USA’S culture and society is considered to be slightly open and liberal. • Saudi’s culture and community is more conservative. • This cultural difference occasionally creates obstacles in proper communication and cooperation between both countries.

  18. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY • This section will include the aims and objective of research’ research design’ limitations’ scope of research etc. • research will be secondary in nature and will be done as a qualitative research. • Data collected from literature review will be sorted and analyzed on the basis of research questions. • Analysis will provide insightful recommendations and solutions.

  19. RESEARCH DESIGN • The research is designed as a secondary research. • reason for choosing such an approach for study is the research aims and objectives which requires comparative analysis. • It would be very difficult to gain sufficient amount of primary data for such a research. • In secondary research researcher will conduct an in depth literature review of the subject matter.

  20. DATA ANALYSIS • Data will be collected from various reliable sources. • Resources like databases’ university library resources’ previous researches’ articles’ books’ journals and government publications will be used. • on the basis of this data analysis recommendation and solution will be provided. • Conclusion and recommendations will justify the research questions and research aim in a satisfactory manner.

  21. LIMITATIONS OF RESEARCH • This research is an academic exercise which is done by students at university level. • there are many limitations like time constraints’ resource constraints’ denied access to various data. • Subjectivity and biases in the research is a phenomenon which generally incorporates • Researcher will use all methods to keep the subjectivity incorporation to a non significant level.

  22. RELIABILITY AND CREDIBILITY • All precautions will be taken to ensure that data collected is objective’ reliable’ valid and credible in nature. • Data will be collected from only authentic and reliable resources • Before analysis data will be sorted and any data which is redundant or invalidated will be removed.

  23. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION • This section will fulfill the aim and objective of the research by answering the research question. • Recommendations are made on the basis of a in depth literature review and data analysis. • It will provide salient features of comparative analysis in a logical manner • Recommendations for future will be made

  24. REFERENCES • Feiler, Gil (2007) The Globalization of Terror Funding. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University. p. 29. Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 74’ Retrieved 2007-11-14 • Buurman, J., S. Zhang, et al. (2009) "Reducing Risk Through Real Options In Systems Design: The Case Of Architecting A Maritime Domain Protection System.[1]" Risk Analysis 29(3): 366-379. • Stathis N. Kalyvas (2004). "The Paradox of Terrorism in Civil Wars" (PDF). Journal of Ethics 8 (1): 97–138 • Nagl, John A.; Petraeus, David H.; Amos, James F.; Sewall, Sarah (2006) Field Manual 3-24 Counterinsurgency. US Department of the Army • Pape, Robert A. (2005). Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism. Random House. pp. 237–250.

  25. REFERENCES (CONTD.) • Marc Sageman (2004), Understanding Terror Networks ‘University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA: • Ariel Merari (1993) "Terrorism as a Strategy in Insurgency," Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 5, No. 4 pp. 213–251. • James F. Pastor, (2009) "Terrorism and Public Safety Policing:Implications for the Obama Presidency" Taylor & Francis • ShibleyTelhami (2004) "Manipulating U.S. Elections Is Not an Al-Qaeda Goal," • Daily Star, Retrieved on 1.03.2012 • USA (2011) counter terrorism policy of USA’ White house Publications available on : http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/counterterrorism_strategy.pdf retrieved on 05.03.2012. • Dr. Mohammad S. Al-Bishr (2005) SAUDIS AND TERROR “Cross-Cultural Views” Ghainaa Publications’ Riyadh p. 2-321

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