Backing into War: A Critical Analysis of the Military Commitment to the War on Drugs

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin A. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
War On Drugs ◽  
The Military

Jihad and the Qur’an: Classical and Modern Interpretations

2020 ◽  
pp. 511-526
Author(s):  
Asma Afsaruddin
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Holy War ◽  
The Military

This chapter focuses on three conceptualizations of jihad endemic in the Western Academy and subjects them to a critical analysis. It references interpretations of key verses in the Qur’an by some of the most prominent commentators in the pre-modern and modern periods and provides an overview of the key debates concerning the treatment of jihad in the Qur’an. The chapter concludes by assessing whether these predominant conceptualizations can be supported on the basis of the Qur’an and its interpretations. Furthermore, such an assessment has implications for whether the military jihad described in the Qur’an can be regarded as ‘holy war’, as is the frequent translation in Western languages.

scholarly journals Sustainability of Underground Heritage; The Example of the Military Galleries of the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11356
Author(s):  
Tamara Lukić ◽  
Tatjana Pivac ◽  
Marija Cimbaljević ◽  
Bojan Đerčan ◽  
Milka Bubalo Živković ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Scientific Contribution ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Military

This paper focuses on the underground military galleries and countermine system of the Petrovaradin Fortress near Novi Sad (Serbia). The Petrovaradin Fortress was presented within the working group Underground Built Heritage Reuse and Valorisation Strategies on the COST action Underground4value as a good example of tourist valorised underground cultural heritage in Serbia. The goal of the paper is to consider as widely as possible the options that could contribute to the sustainability of these galleries. Numerous field observations, complex research of the literature as well as other available sources, and interviews with visitors to the fortress were necessary for this goal to be achieved. The paper has special historical and practical significance. On the one hand, it represents a record in time concerning the condition of the Petrovaradin Fortress. The practical significance is reflected in the scientific contribution based on the critical analysis of the results obtained from authorities on the Fortress and visitors, as well as the ideas that the authors conceived or adapted from similar sites in the world, assessing that these ideas can be applied to the Petrovaradin Fortress. The results of the paper explain the aspects of ecological, economic, and social sustainability of the Petrovaradin Fortress, and indicate the need for it to be supported by various institutions.

scholarly journals Militarisation Under COVID-19: Understanding the Differential Impact of Lockdown on the Forests of Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Amador-Jiménez ◽  
Naomi Millner
Keyword(s):  
War On Drugs ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Deforestation Rates ◽  
Military Presence ◽  
Colonial Histories ◽  
Recent Classification ◽  
The Military

Drawing on qualitative analysis and anthropological histories, we argue that deforestation rates in the Inter-Andean Valleys and in the Amazon Belt of Colombia reflect the specific role of the military in different articulations of the political forest along with new connections between conservation and the war on drugs. This paper examines the increase in deforestation in Colombia in 2020 that partially coincided with the “lockdown” imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. Early media analysis linked this with the redeployment of military forces away from forest protection to impose lockdown restrictions. However, closer investigation reveals significant regional variation in both the reorganisation of military groups, and in the rate at which deforestation has materialised; military presence has increased in some regions, while in others deforestation has increased. To explain this, we unpack the “biopolitical” dimensions of international conservation to show how the specific deployment of military groups in Colombia reflects an interplay between notions of the protection of (species) life, longer colonial histories, and more recent classification of geographies in terms of riskiness and value.

scholarly journals Dressing a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Toward Understanding the Composition of the Life of Alexander Nevskii

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-67
Author(s):  
Donald Ostrowski
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
The Military

The Life of Alexander Nevskii is written in two styles: a hagiographic style and a secular style. Scholarly views are divided over whether the Life was written by one person in two different styles or by two persons, either a hagiographic writer and secular editor or a secular writer and hagiographic editor. The present article hypothesizes that the Life was probably written initially in a secular style as a military tale (the “wolf”) in the second half of the thirteenth century. This military tale was the foundational layer for the subsequent writing of the Life. Some time later, probably in the second half of the fourteenth century (before 1377), an ecclesiastical redactor edited the text of the military tale adding phrases in a hagiographic style (the “sheep’s clothing”), thus creating a chronicle tale about the life of Alexander Nevskii. In the second half of the fifteenth century, a further editing took place as anti-Tatar interpolations were added, thus creating the First Redaction of the Life of Alexander Nevskii. Following a text critical analysis, this article reconstructs the First Redaction of the Life, in which the two styles are delineated. Then the article provides a translation into English of the hypothetical version of the non-extant military tale about Alexander Nevskii.

Book Reviews

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-137
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Life Review ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Present Review ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
Policy Review ◽  
The Military

Meron Benvenisti, Son of the Cypresses: Memories and Regrets from a Political Life Review by Ruth AmirGadi Ben Ezer, The Migration Journey: The Ethiopian Jewish Exodus Review by Marian ReiffUri Bialer, Cross on the Star of David: The Christian Word in Israel’s Foreign Policy—1967 Review by Neville LamdanJakob Feldt, The Israeli Memory Struggle: History and Identity in the Age of Globalization Review by Uri RamEsther Fuchs, ed., Israeli Women’s Studies: A Reader Review by Harriet HartmanDavid Hulme, Identity, Ideology and the Future of Jerusalem Review by Ned LazarusEdy Kaufman, Walid Salem, and Juliette Verhoeven, eds., Bridging the Divide: Peacebuilding in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Review by Sarah E. YerkesZeev Maoz, Defending the Holy Land: A Critical Analysis of Israel’s Security and Foreign Policy Review by Brent E. SasleyMichael B. Oren, Power, Faith and Fantasy—America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present Review by Zvi Ra’ananYoram Peri, Generals in the Cabinet Room: How the Military Shapes Israeli Policy Review by David Tal

Crime in Puerto Rico: Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, and the Poor

1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Montalvo-Barbot
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
War On Drugs ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Violent Crimes ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
Drug Economy ◽  
The Military

Echoing the federal “war on drugs,” the government of Puerto Rico has implemented a series of aggressive law enforcement policies aimed at dismantling the underground drug economy of the island. This article examines three main Puerto Rican law enforcement operations: “Greenback” (in 1985), “Lucky Strike” (in 1990), and the military invasion of public housings (in 1993). The data suggest that governmental attempts at disrupting the drug-based underground economy in Puerto Rico may have been responsible for the increase in violent crimes on the island during the past two decades. Policy implications of the anticrime operations also are discussed.

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