Research
The War on Terror and the American Foreign Policy in the Middle East and Abroad
This paper analyzed the Jihadists mindset, perception and view on the conflict opposing the West and the Arab world. This paper perceived this war to be cultural, religious, ideological and economic between western countries and the Middle East. This perception although distorted is important for a deep understanding of the attitudes, motives and behaviors patters of the Jihadists. The understanding of the perception of the conflict between the West and the Middle East was important in the prospect of reducing acts of violence and terror and building peace between the West and the Middle East. The war on terror will not be won by military solution only. This paper points to the needs of shifting the American foreign policy to a more sustainable community building and development approach. The latter has the advantage of bringing another side of the West so that people in the Middle East and abroad can begin to see on the west not only the invader but as a true partner who is willing to help in development project such as housing, food, education, and healthcare.
Understanding of the Neorealist, Constructionist and Relative Deprivation Theories: A phenomenological Study of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with Practice Application of Integrative Negotiation
This study discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a type of an international conflict. This paper employed three international relations theories to analyze the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. The three theories used were the neorealist, constructionist and relative deprivation. This paper discussed the conceptual frame of each theory, its major thinkers, as well as its strengths and weaknesses. This study employed phenomenological method to research the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because phenomenology is a valuable qualitative approach to studying human experience. This study argued that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is considered to be one of the drivers of the security threat and the rise of terrorism in the Middle East and the world. This research stressed that the study of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is important because it shed light on the differing views on security, cultural identity and religious beliefs of the parties.
