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"CVE policy is often shaped less by evidence-based research, and more by cultural, political and historical factors." researchgate.net/publication/32…
Important point to counter in this, however: terrorism is *not* necessarily ideological, or at least not religiously so (as implied here). People regularly commit to violence states call "terrorism" w/out strong commitments to ideology, or they deploy ideology instrumentally.
Assuming a straightforward link between increasing ideological extremism and commitment to terrorist violence further erases the increasing number of empirical observations that a preference for violence *precedes* any sort of ideological affinity.
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Definitions sound very boring, true, and as such a poor way to get students excited about the class. But the definition of terrorism is a different matter.
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Censorship based on the State Department's FTO list is a bad idea. Thoughts incoming. lawfareblog.com/combating-terr…
The FTO list is and always has been incredibly politicized. ISIS and AQ are on the list, but so are numerous revolutionary & insurgent groups. Devoting scarce resources to censoring those groups' info seems inefficient; they're no threat to U.S. homeland security.
More importantly, though, the FTO list is explicitly the *foreign* organizations list. There are no legal mechanisms in place for blanket domestic designation as a terrorist group. Why is a longer discussion; regardless, creates an imbalance.
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THREAD: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex Differences But Were Too PC To Ask...

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A 2003 article by Klapper about task-based language teaching, PPP and much else. Clear and interesting. researchgate.net/publication/24…
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Visualisation of the ‘Lyria’ shell, based on the model developed by M. B. Cortie (1989) researchgate.net/publication/23…
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What evolutionary psychology actually says: Both sexes are choosy about long-term mates; women are choosier than men only about casual sexual partners.

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