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You Only Want Me for My Mind reveals a quirky boy born not only with cerebral palsy but with an uncanny ability to overcome obstacles and mobilise people. Composed by writing twenty-nine words a day over a gruelling seven years, this memoir stands as a testament to his creativity and pluck. This is a story of how to survive and prevail over the impact of life shattering events. Even more, it's about surpassing the limits dealt to us and thriving with gratitude, humour and vitality

The main focus of this thesis is to examine Israel's counter terrorism methods and their consequences and to debate the effectiveness of Israel's counter terrorism policy. By stimulating a debate on these issues it is possible to identify a more effective counter terrorism policy. In order to examine Israel's counter terrorism methods, their consequences and effectiveness, it is necessary to first explore the overall concepts of terrorism and counter terrorism. Then, because counter terrorism policy is hard to evaluate if one does not look at the context which surrounds it, this thesis will therefore explore some aspects of Israeli security history which has and continues to influence its counter terrorism policy. Furthermore, this thesis will provide an introduction to the general development of Palestinian resistance movements which will include a scrutiny of Hamas. This thesis has selected some of Israel's counter terrorism methods, and will be examining the width and depth of these methods as well as their consequences on the Palestinian society in general and on Hamas in particular. In seeking to answer the more general question about the effectiveness of Israel's counter terrorism policy the thesis will evaluate this aspect by relying on qualitative and quantitative indicators. This thesis will show that Israeli counter terrorism methods do reduce the capacity of Hamas and as such has prevented certain attacks or incapacitated Hamas' military wing for a limited time; they have, however, had a limited effect in the long run. It will be shown that these methods have consequences far beyond reducing the terrorist organisation capacity, which deepen the root causes for terrorism and increase the motivation to continue the resistance.

Die konkrete Terrorwarnung des Bundesinnenministers Thomas de Maizière Mitte November 2010 fand in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit sowie in den veröffentlichten Meinungen der Massenmedien eine ungewöhnlich große Resonanz. Infolge der aktuellen Gefährdungslage verstärkten Bund und Länder ihre präventiven Sicherheitsvorkehrungen und hielten öffentlichkeitswirksam die Bürger zur zivilen Wachsamkeit an. Politische Kommentatoren stellten zunächst die Frage nach der akuten Relevanz dieser Terrorwarnung vor dem Hintergrund der stetig oszillierenden Gefährdungslage in Deutschland. Schließlich hat der Terrorismus nicht zuletzt infolge der internationalen Terroranschläge in New York, Madrid und London sowie vor dem Hintergrund gescheiterter Terrorpläne in schon lange Zeit eine herausgehobene Stellung in den sicherheitspolitischen Diskursen. Gelegenheit genug, eine aktualisierte Fassung unseres letztjährigen Recherche Spezial zum Thema Terrorismus zu präsentieren. Auch in diesem Jahr beschäftigt sich die vorliegende Ausgabe im Wesentlichen mit unterschiedlichen Aspekten des internationalen Terrorismus und den darauf bezogenen sicherheitspolitischen Strategien. Aktuelle Literatur- und Forschungsnachweise beleuchten die sozialwissenschaftlichen sowie interdisziplinären Aspekte des globalisierten Terrorismus und die Konsequenzen für die Sicherheitspolitik der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft.

SINCE 1968 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY, DESPITE GOVERNMENTS' EFFORT TO CURB IT. PART OF THIS FAILURE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INADEQUATE CONTRIBUTION OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH TO GOVERNMENT POLICY MAKING ON TERRORISM. THIS ARTICLE IDENTIFIES THREE PROBLEM AREAS THAT HINDER ACADEMIC INFLUENCE ON GOVERNMENT POLICY MAKING IN THIS FIELD. IT STATES THAT PREFERENCE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO SUBJECTS OF STUDY WHERE THE ACADEMIC HAS A RELATIVE ADVANTAGE OVER GOVERNMENT IN DEPTH AND RIGOR. IT IS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT ACADEMIC INFLUENCE ON GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKING WOULD BE SERVED BEST BY AN EXCHANGE OF PEOPLE BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENT.