Open AccessTERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, ASYMMETRIC CONFLICTS AND THE FIGHT AGAINST THEM IN THE POST-SOVIET STATES
Author(s) -
Leonid Gusev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ante portas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2353-6306
DOI - 10.33674/2201822
Subject(s) - terrorism , geopolitics , central asia , political science , china , middle east , politics , development economics , political economy , organised crime , geography , economy , law , sociology , physical geography , economics
For the Caucasus and Central Asia states there is a serious threat of extremism and terrorism. The geopolitical situation in these countries is caused by the influence of zones of political instability and conflicts. These zones are Afghanistan, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, Near and Middle East, including Syria and Iraq. For these countries, the terrorist threat is very high. Counteraction to the terrorist threats due to the cross-border nature, in particular, their focus on other regions of the modern world and intersection with non-traditional security challenges (including poorly controlled migration processes, organized crime and the drug mafia) require strengthening of the interaction of post-Soviet states in the sphere of security. The article tells about the actions against terrorist groups in several countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.