On the successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Assess the political debates around the US-led War on Terror.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the roots and history of religiously inspired terrorism
- Assess the links between development, underdevelopment, and terrorist violence
- Express an awareness of the difficulties in classifying politically motivated violence as 'terrorism' or 'national liberation struggle'
- Prepare and present a case study of your own choice based on your own research.