Time and tone

2021 ◽  
pp. 72-95
Author(s):  
Erik Bleich ◽  
Maurits van der Veen
Keyword(s):  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
President Obama ◽  
Positive Events

This chapter definitively demonstrates that long-term coverage of Muslims was just as negative prior to September 11, 2001, as after. The tone of articles immediately following prominent terrorist attacks almost always drops measurably, but the effect is typically short-lived. Terrorist attacks such as 9/11 generate spikes in the amount of articles mentioning Muslims or Islam, as well as shifts in the prevalence of different topics. The raw number of Muslim articles jumped dramatically in the wake of 9/11 and has not receded to pre-9/11 levels. There has also been much greater coverage of terrorism and extremism than before. Corresponding positive events, such as a major speech by President Obama or the celebration associated with the annual Islamic holy month of Ramadan, do not have as much of an influence on either the amount or the tone of coverage.

Long-term behavioral resilience in search-and-rescue dogs responding to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

2021 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 105173
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Hare ◽  
Kathleen M. Kelsey ◽  
Greta M. Niedermeyer ◽  
Cynthia M. Otto
Keyword(s):  
September 11 ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Terrorist Attacks

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING RUSSIAN SMART POWER: PERCEPTIONS AND IDEOLOGY

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
Iskren IVANOV
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Security ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Smart Power ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
American Concept ◽  
Original Concept

Russian foreign policy today incarnates the double-headed eagle of smart power perceptions and Neo-Eurasian ideology. The main purpose of this article is to examine the emergence and development of Russian smart power by analyzing the foreign policy concepts of the Russian Federation after September 11. In this paper, I will argue that Moscow’s smart strategy is much similar to the American concept of smart power, but only in terms of its purpose. The article’s assertion rests on the assumption that smart power allowed Washington to sustain its global dominance after the terrorist attacks from September 11, and alternately – could help Russia to consolidate Eurasia. The Coronavirus Pandemic, of course, will have long-term consequences for the international security. Finally, I will conclude that if Moscow wants to maintain the Russia-dominated security system in Eurasia, it should develop its original concept of smart power.

You Say You Want a Reformation? Parsing the Ubiquitous Rhetoric of an “Islamic Reformation”

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 37-73
Author(s):  
Paul R. Powers
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Political Change ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Protestant Reformation ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
History Of

The ideas of an “Islamic Reformation” and a “Muslim Luther” have been much discussed, especially since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This “Reformation” rhetoric, however, displays little consistency, encompassing moderate, liberalizing trends as well as their putative opposite, Islamist “fundamentalism.” The rhetoric and the diverse phenomena to which it refers have provoked both enthusiastic endorsement and vigorous rejection. After briefly surveying the history of “Islamic Reformation” rhetoric, the present article argues for a four-part typology to account for most recent instances of such rhetoric. The analysis reveals that few who employ the terminology of an “Islamic Reformation” consider the specific details of its implicit analogy to the Protestant Reformation, but rather use this language to add emotional weight to various prescriptive agendas. However, some examples demonstrate the potential power of the analogy to illuminate important aspects of religious, social, and political change in the modern Islamic world.

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