UCSD Domestic Terrorism in The United States Paper

Students are also required to write 3 papers, no longer than 4 double-spaced pages each. Papers should be 12 pt type, with one inch margins. Please make sure that your name and student ID number appear on the first page of the document, and that the pages are
numbered.
You have the choice of topics on which to write your papers, with one caveat. You can choose 3 of the paper topics listed on the syllabus (they are the questions listed as “Discussion Questions – please answer all questions), but one topic must come from each of the time periods listed between:
? one topic between September 28th – October 14th,
? one topic between October 19th – November 4th,
? one topic between November 9th – December 2nd.
You will be given no additional credit for writing more than 3 short papers or for more than one paper written during each of the time periods.

You are free to use whatever outside sources are available to answer the short-paper questions. 

Note, there are good and bad sources of information on the internet. Some of the best sources for current international reporting are the major newspapers: the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Financial Times, and the Guardian. In addition, the Economist has excellent coverage on a wide range of countries and international events. For more in-depth analyses see Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic. You should be familiar with all of these sources and be reading extensively about a particular event before writing your memos. Memos must follow all conventions of attribution and notation. Quotes and paraphrasing must be explicitly cited. Memos found to include plagiarized material will be given an automatin“zero” and no make-up paper will be allowed. 

The plagiarized paper will then be reported to UCSD’s Committee on Academic Integrity for whatever additional punishment the University would like to add.

 Tuesday November 23: How Terrorism Is Designed to Work and How to Counter It Andrew Kydd and Barbara Walter, “The Strategies of Terrorism,” International
Security (Summer 2006) pp. 49-80.
Case: The United States
Seth G. Jones, The Escalating Domestic Terrorism Problem in the United States. CSIS
Briefs. June 17, 2020.

Seth G. Jones, “Domestic Terrorist Tactics and Targets,” Statement before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. August 3, 2021.

Discussion Questions:
Domestic terrorism in the United States has greatly increased since 2002, driven in large part by the rise of both white supremacy groups and anti-government groups. 

If you were a white supremacist or an anti-government advocate (pick just one) how might terrorism help you achieve your goal of white political dominance, or a weakened federal government (in the case of anti-government activists)? 

What strategy would you most likely pursue and how might this strategy help you achieve this goal?

 Who would you target and why?