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The Caliphate at War

Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State

By: Ahmed Hashim

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The Caliphate at War

Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State

By: Ahmed Hashim

Innovation is key to military success, as Ahmed S. Hashim explains in his study of how Islamic State functions as a fighting, social media, and administrative entity.

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0190668482

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The Caliphate at War

Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State

By: Ahmed S. Hashim

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The Caliphate at War

Operational Realities and Innovations of the Islamic State

By: Ahmed S. Hashim

The military victories of the Islamic State have completely overturned the geopolitical map of the Middle East. Media attention has focused almost exclusively on Islamic State's savage treatment of its enemies and its ability to attract foreign fighters. In 2011, the first effort to build an Islamic State in Iraq was defeated by US and Iraqi forces. The second attempt to establish themselves, beginning in 2014, has been considerably more successful and that success calls for deeper investigation. In order to explain the successes of Islamic State, The Caliphate at War brings together a dispassionate and objective account of the significant innovations in insurgency, ideology, and governance. By focusing their ideology first and foremost on extreme anti-Shia sectarianism - rather than on Western "infidels" - the Islamic State's founders are able to present themselves as the saviors of what they see as the embattled Sunni "nation" in Iraq. Its success in taking and holding major cities, including Mosul, demonstrates its innovative tactics and skill at exploiting tribal and sectarian rivalries. By going beyond the often starkly unpleasant current affairs of the Islamic State, The Caliphate at War undertakes an essential investigation into the successes of the group, to better understand how the movement is surviving, thriving, and reshaping the Middle East.

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0190668504

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When Counterinsurgency Wins

Sri Lanka's Defeat of the Tamil Tigers

By: Ahmed S. Hashim

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When Counterinsurgency Wins

Sri Lanka's Defeat of the Tamil Tigers

By: Ahmed S. Hashim

For twenty-six years, civil war tore Sri Lanka apart. Despite numerous peace talks, cease-fires, and external military and diplomatic pressure, war raged on between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sinhala-dominated Sri Lankan government. Then, in 2009, the Sri Lankan military defeated the insurgents. The win was unequivocal, but the terms of victory were not. The first successful counterinsurgency campaign of the twenty-first century left the world with many questions. How did Sri Lanka ultimately win this seemingly intractable war? Will other nations facing insurgencies be able to adopt Sri Lanka's methods without encountering accusations of human rights violations? Ahmed S. Hashim—who teaches national security strategy and helped craft the U.S. counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq—investigates those questions in the first book to analyze the final stage of the Sri Lankan civil war. When Counterinsurgency Wins traces the development of the counterinsurgency campaign in Sri Lanka from the early stages of the war to the later adaptations of the Sri Lankan government, leading up to the final campaign. The campaign itself is analyzed in terms of military strategy but is also given political and historical context—critical to comprehending the conditions that give rise to insurgent violence. The tactics of the Tamil Tigers have been emulated by militant groups in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia. Whether or not the Sri Lankan counterinsurgency campaign can or should be emulated in kind, the comprehensive, insightful coverage of When Counterinsurgency Wins holds vital lessons for strategists and students of security and defense.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812206487

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On the Mathematical Modeling of Memristor, Memcapacitor, and Meminductor

By: Ahmed G. Radwan,Mohammed E. Fouda

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On the Mathematical Modeling of Memristor, Memcapacitor, and Meminductor

By: Ahmed G. Radwan,Mohammed E. Fouda

This book introduces the basic fundamentals, models, emulators and analyses of mem-elements in the circuit theory with applications. The book starts reviewing the literature on mem-elements, models and their recent applications. It presents mathematical models, numerical results, circuit simulations, and experimental results for double-loop hysteresis behavior of mem-elements. The authors introduce a generalized memristor model in the fractional-order domain under different input and different designs for emulator-based mem-elements, with circuit and experimental results. The basic concept of memristive-based relaxation-oscillators in the circuit theory is also covered. The reader will moreover find in this book information on memristor-based multi-level digital circuits, memristor-based multi-level multiplier and memcapacitor-based oscillators and synaptic circuits.

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3319174916

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Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq

By: Ahmed S. Hashim

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Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq

By: Ahmed S. Hashim

Years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a loosely organized insurgency continues to target American and Coalition soldiers, as well as Iraqi security forces and civilians, with devastating results. In this sobering account of the ongoing violence, Ahmed Hashim, a specialist on Middle Eastern strategic issues and on irregular warfare, reveals the insurgents behind the widespread revolt, their motives, and their tactics. The insurgency, he shows, is not a united movement directed by a leadership with a single ideological vision. Instead, it involves former regime loyalists, Iraqis resentful of foreign occupation, foreign and domestic Islamist extremists, and elements of organized crime. These groups have cooperated with one another in the past and coordinated their attacks; but the alliance between nationalist Iraqi insurgents on the one hand and religious extremists has frayed considerably. The U.S.-led offensive to retake Fallujah in November 2004 and the success of the elections for the Iraqi National Assembly in January 2005 have led more "mainstream" insurgent groups to begin thinking of reinforcing the political arm of their opposition movement and to seek political guarantees for the Sunni Arab community in the new Iraq.Hashim begins by placing the Iraqi revolt in its historical context. He next profiles the various insurgent groups, detailing their origins, aims, and operational and tactical modi operandi. He concludes with an unusually candid assessment of the successes and failures of the Coalition's counter-insurgency campaign. Looking ahead, Hashim warns that ethnic and sectarian groups may soon be pitted against one another in what will be a fiercely contested fight over who gets what in the new Iraq. Evidence that such a conflict is already developing does not augur well for Iraq's future stability. Both Iraq and the United States must work hard to ensure that slow but steady success over the insurgency is not overshadowed by growing ethno-sectarian animosities as various groups fight one another for the biggest slice of the political and economic pie. In place of sensational headlines, official triumphalism, and hand-wringing, Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq offers a clear-eyed analysis of the increasingly complex violence that threatens the very future of Iraq.

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Cornell University Press

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0801459982

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9780801459986

Climate Change and Adaptation for Food Sustainability

Implications and Scenarios from Malaysia

By: Ferdous Ahmed,Abul Quasem Al-Amin,Zeeda Fatimah Mohamad

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Climate Change and Adaptation for Food Sustainability

Implications and Scenarios from Malaysia

By: Ferdous Ahmed,Abul Quasem Al-Amin,Zeeda Fatimah Mohamad

This book assesses the vulnerability impacts of climate change on food security by examining a 50 years scenario (2015- 2065) and following a top-down approach. Importantly, looking at the sustainable food production, the authors compared the cost-benefit of adaptation costs from 2015 to 2065. It was found that a 15% adaptation capacity is more efficient for Malaysia in order to combat the climate change effects on the food sector. This book has developed a quantitative adaptive model namely, the Malaysian Climate and Economy (MCE) model, based on the dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modeling structure to examine food sustainability and adaptation strategies. Malaysia experiences an unusual combination of droughts and extreme rainfall events that can be attributed to climate change. These unusual events and consequences leave Malaysian policymakers looking for ways to make Malaysia self-sufficient in terms of agriculture. It is assumed that climate change effects may result in increasing food insecurity and vulnerability in the future. Policy measures are in place to lessen the likely climatic effects overall, but there is an urgent need to develop an adaptation policy for the future.

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Springer Nature

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3030853756

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9783030853754

US Foreign Policy and the Gulf Wars

Decision-making and International Relations

By: Ahmed Ijaz Malik

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US Foreign Policy and the Gulf Wars

Decision-making and International Relations

By: Ahmed Ijaz Malik

The US-led coalition which launched an invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003 led to a decade-long military presence in the country. In the run-up to that invasion, many comparisons were made with the 1991 Gulf War. Ahmed Ijaz Malik takes these two instances of military intervention by Republican US governments to highlight how the official discourse of leaders and decision-makers has an impact on foreign policy and its results. By taking these two examples, he examines how discourse affects real events, and the extent to which the legacy of the Cold War has influenced the decisions which are made at the upper echelons of the US government. US Foreign Policy and the Gulf Wars critically analyses the post-Cold War liberal cosmopolitan and realist discourses related to these two instances of US military intervention. Using an approach which Malik labels 'critical realism', this book examines the ways in which discourses often act as ideological covers for material interests, whilst still not holding a deterministic view whereby these interests alone shape policies. From this perspective, this book assesses the themes of 'Just War', humanitarianism and cosmopolitanism. It furthermore uses the approach of 'critical realism' to engage with a variety of arguments on the emerging role of the US - as they were displayed in academic discourses and other intellectual contributions around each of the 1991 and 2003 wars. Malik relates these discussions to an analysis of the official discourses, documents and policies displayed prior to the 1991 and 2003 wars, as well as to an examination of the resulting actual conduct. Since the implications of the US military presence in the Middle East are so central to the study of International Relations and Security Studies, this book will be invaluable for specialists in these disciplines, as well as for those interested in policy formation and the wider Middle East.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857738909

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9780857738905

Small Wars

An Interpretive Analysis of Theory and Practice

By: Ahmed Hashim

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Small Wars

An Interpretive Analysis of Theory and Practice

By: Ahmed Hashim

The end of the Cold War and the (then) receding threat of global nuclear conflagration were meant to usher in a 'peace dividend': concomitantly warfare would decline as states devoted themselves to making money and providing for their respective societies. This intensely optimistic liberal attitude - which has its parallel in scholarly reluctance to study warfare and its wider impact - has proven sadly wrong. Large-scale conventional war between regular armies has disappeared, but Small Wars, which have existed since ancient times, have not. Such 'Small Wars' are 'nasty, brutish, and not necessarily shortA".' But what are Small Wars, how can they be defined, and what are their salient characteristics? These are the key themes addressed in Ahmed Hashim's provocative, timely and judicious analysis of how the phenomenon has changed throughout history, from the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule to today's asymmetrical conflicts in Afghanistan and the Middle East. His book follows two parallel tracks. The first is methodological and conceptual, dedicated to definition; the second is an interpretive analysis of the causes, meanings and characteristics of such wars across epochs, environments and cultures -- in other words an intellectual and socio-political history of Small Wars. His account ranges from the Ancient World, through to the Napoleonic era, the history of anti-colonial resistance in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, via discussion of the leading theorists of insurgency and counterinsurgency in the twentieth century, and concludes with the often neglected Islamist doctrine of irregular warfare, drawing upon its leading military thinkers and practitioners.

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Hurst & Company

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1849040826

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9781849040822

Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency

By: Ahmed S. Hashim

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Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency

By: Ahmed S. Hashim

From 2003 to 2008, the Sunni Arab insurgency in Iraq posed a key challenge to political stability in the country and to Coalition objectives there. This paper explains the onset, composition and evolution of this insurgency. It begins by addressing both its immediate and deeper sociopolitical origins, and goes on to examine the multiple ideological strands within the insurgency and their often conflicting methods and goals. Despite organisational incoherence due to the existence of a large number of competing groups, the insurgency in Iraq sustained a particularly high tempo of operations between 2004 and 2006, causing considerable military and civilian casualties. Some insurgent groups focused on attempting to foment civil war between two of Iraq’s major communities, the Sunni and Shia Arabs and, by late 2006, they had come close to unravelling Iraq and presenting the Coalition with a major defeat. The adoption of a new approach by the US in 2007 helped reduce the level of violence in Iraq. In addition, deep fissures within the insurgency itself, between those fighting for more practical, immediate goals and the transnational Islamists and their local allies fighting for wider-reaching goals – including the promotion of sectarian strife – contributed to the insurgency’s diminution. It remains to be seen whether there will be a widespread recognition among Sunni Iraqis of the need to work with the Coalition to facilitate their community’s reintegration into the new Iraqi body politic.

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Routledge

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1135869316

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A Stylistic Analysis of William Blake's Poem "Holy Thursday I"

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

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A Stylistic Analysis of William Blake's Poem "Holy Thursday I"

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, Thi-Qar University (College of Education for Humanities), course: M.A. Course, language: English, abstract: Holy Thursday I is one of the poems that Blake wrote in his book called Songs of Innocence in 1789. The poem describes a ceremony called Ascension Day in England and the presence of children in a cathedral to celebrate and do their singing activities. So, this term paper aims to analyze stylistically Blake's poem “Holy Thursday” in terms of phonetic, phonological, graphological, grammatical, lexical levels and figures of speech.

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3668602980

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An analysis of the factors responsible for the alienation of genderqueers in West Punjab Pakistan

By: Haseeb Tariq,Ahmed Hassan,Saad Hassan,Harris Ahmed,Hashim Nawaz,Hamza Bhatty

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An analysis of the factors responsible for the alienation of genderqueers in West Punjab Pakistan

By: Haseeb Tariq,Ahmed Hassan,Saad Hassan,Harris Ahmed,Hashim Nawaz,Hamza Bhatty

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Relationships and Family, grade: A-, , language: English, abstract: This research paper focusses on the deteriorating condition of genderqueers, mainly transgenders, in West Punjab of Pakistan and whether the society is responsible or they themselves dont want to change their way of living. The sample consisted of a 100 plus people who are living in major and small cities of West Punjab of Pakistan and are withing an age range from 15-55 years. A detailed questionnaire based interview method is used for this paper. The questionnaire was divided into four parts: a) Demographic and basic information b) personal beliefs; c) problems faced and d) relevant solutions to the problems. Interviews were also conducted from experts in this field. The main purpose was that presently they are engaged in professions that are not honorable and to know about whether they themselves choose or are not accepted by the society. Positive aspect is that there is a high tendency of willingness to change their way of living and also support from the society and genderqueers is required to work on the solution of the problem.

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3668327661

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Linguistic Approaches to Stylistics

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

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Linguistic Approaches to Stylistics

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Grammar, Style, Working Technique, grade: 100, Thi-Qar University (College of Education for Humanities), course: M.A. Course, language: English, abstract: This paper talks about the linguistic approaches to stylistics as the study of style. Stylistics, as a branch of linguistics, is mainly concerned with style. It defines, investigates, and analyzes it objectively and technically through employing linguistic methodology. Linguistics offers stylistic analysis of texts at phonological, syntactic, and semantic levels of linguistic description.

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3668563497

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The Quest for a Feminist Identity in "The Office" by the Canadian Alice Munro

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

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The Quest for a Feminist Identity in "The Office" by the Canadian Alice Munro

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 100, , language: English, abstract: This article deals with the Feminist Ideology presented in the literary work of the Canadian short story writer Alice Munro. It shows how Munro stood against her male dominated society by her literary work. The paper discusses “The Office” to represents the feminist argument above.

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3668314837

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Syllable Structure and Syllabification in English and Arabic

A Comparative Study

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

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Syllable Structure and Syllabification in English and Arabic

A Comparative Study

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 100, , language: English, abstract: This term paper is about the syllable structure and syllabification in both Arabic and English languages. It deals first with what syllabification is and with its principles as well as with the syllable structure of the English language and Arabic and its constituents.

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3668843074

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An Introduction to Robotic Stylistics. A Future Trend

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

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An Introduction to Robotic Stylistics. A Future Trend

By: Ahmed M. Hashim

Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Engineering - Robotics, grade: 100, , language: English, abstract: This paper is about a new trend in Stylistics called “Robotic Stylistics” whose subject matter is the linguistic outcome of robots. It investigates the possibility of making the robotic linguistic outcome the subject matter of stylistics, since robots are able to choose what they want to say due to their algorithms that enable them to make a choice. The field of artificial intelligence has developed and prospered in the recent years and entered the linguistic domain introducing a whole new sub-discipline of linguistics knows as Computational Linguistics. It helps linguists increase their knowledge of how the human brain works and how it processes language. Robotic stylistics will be concerned with the analysis and study of the style of robotic linguistic outcome using the same linguistic techniques that are used in the ordinary stylistic investigation of human literary and non-literary texts in order to discover the kind of style a robot has, how recurrent it is, and what it reveals about robots or artificial intelligence in general. However, there are many problems in this field especially in the case of obtaining the adequate data for analysis.

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The Caliphate at War

The Caliphate at War

The Caliphate at War

The Caliphate at War

When Counterinsurgency Wins

When Counterinsurgency Wins

On the Mathematical Modeling of Memristor, Memcapacitor, and Meminductor

On the Mathematical Modeling of Memristor, Memcapacitor, and Meminductor

Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq

Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq

Climate Change and Adaptation for Food Sustainability

Climate Change and Adaptation for Food Sustainability

US Foreign Policy and the Gulf Wars

US Foreign Policy and the Gulf Wars

Small Wars

Small Wars

Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency

Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency

A Stylistic Analysis of William Blake's Poem "Holy Thursday I"

A Stylistic Analysis of William Blake's Poem "Holy Thursday I"

An analysis of the factors responsible for the alienation of genderqueers in West Punjab Pakistan

An analysis of the factors responsible for the alienation of genderqueers in West Punjab Pakistan

Linguistic Approaches to Stylistics

Linguistic Approaches to Stylistics

The Quest for a Feminist Identity in "The Office" by the Canadian Alice Munro

The Quest for a Feminist Identity in "The Office" by the Canadian Alice Munro

Syllable Structure and Syllabification in English and Arabic

Syllable Structure and Syllabification in English and Arabic

An Introduction to Robotic Stylistics. A Future Trend

An Introduction to Robotic Stylistics. A Future Trend

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