FAILED STATES: AN EXAMINATION OF THEIR EFFECTS ON TRANSNATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION MOVEMENTS AND OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES

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dc.contributor.advisorStout, Marken_US
dc.contributor.authorMechling, Andrew Daviden_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberO'Byrne, Sarahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-16T04:11:49Z
dc.date.available2015-09-16T04:11:49Z
dc.date.created2015-05en_US
dc.date.issued2014-12-18en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2015en_US
dc.description.abstractThe overarching goal of this portfolio is to analyze poorly performing states in an effort to determine if transnational terrorist organizations gravitate towards those nations whose limitations in state capacity would facilitate their ability to operate from within them. Drawing largely from the Fund For Peace’s Fragile State Index, case studies are performed to examine al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen, al-Shabaab in Somalia, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the Middle East region. In addition to Fund For Peace data and analysis, this portfolio draws upon research performed by various scholars and journalists, as well as discussions held at Congressional hearings. Research found within this work produces three main findings. First, it acknowledges that failed or failing states pose as attractive environments to transnational terrorist organizations. While poor state performance does not guarantee the presence of terrorist networks, it does enhance the probability of their existence, particularly if terrorist groups are already operating within other areas in the region. Second, research provided shows that allowing a state to completely fail is not a valid approach towards ensuring that terrorist groups are deterred from operating within a particular state. Finally, this portfolio provides the academic community a framework for the prediction of transnational terrorist movements by identifying poorly performing states and assessing their capacity to defend against a transnational terrorist group’s incursion, while taking that particular terrorist group’s ambitions into consideration.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/38118
dc.languageen
dc.publisherJohns Hopkins University
dc.subjectFailed Statesen_US
dc.subjectFailing Statesen_US
dc.subjectTransnational Terrorismen_US
dc.subjectYemenen_US
dc.subjectSomaliaen_US
dc.subjectISISen_US
dc.subjectIslamic Stateen_US
dc.subjectIslamic State of Iraq and Syriaen_US
dc.subjectAl-Shabaaben_US
dc.subjectAl-Qaedaen_US
dc.subjectIraqen_US
dc.subjectSyriaen_US
dc.subjectTerror Group Movementsen_US
dc.titleFAILED STATES: AN EXAMINATION OF THEIR EFFECTS ON TRANSNATIONAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION MOVEMENTS AND OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIESen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentGovernment Programen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGlobal Security Studiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorJohns Hopkins Universityen_US
thesis.degree.grantorAdvanced Academic Programsen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US
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