Webs of Corruption: Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia

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Counterterrorism experts and policy makers have warned of the peril posed by the links between violent extremism and organized crime, especially the relationship between drug trafficking and terrorism funding. Yet Central Asia, the site of extensive opium trafficking, sees low levels of terrorist vi...

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Authors: Omelicheva, Mariya 1977- (Author) ; Markowitz, Lawrence P. 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
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Keywords:
Drug traffic > Asia, Central
Terrorism > Asia, Central
Terrorismus
Internationaler Terrorismus
Organisiertes Verbrechen
Drogenhandel
Heroin
Opium
Bekämpfung
Kriminalität
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism
Kasachstan
Usbekistan
Tadschikistan
Zentralasien > Korruption > Drogenhandel > Terrorismus
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Summary:Counterterrorism experts and policy makers have warned of the peril posed by the links between violent extremism and organized crime, especially the relationship between drug trafficking and terrorism funding. Yet Central Asia, the site of extensive opium trafficking, sees low levels of terrorist violence. Webs of Corruption is an innovative study demonstrating that terrorist and criminal activity intersect more narrowly than is widely believed—and that the state plays the pivotal role in shaping those interconnections.Mariya Y. Omelicheva and Lawrence P. Markowitz analyze the linkages between the drug trade and terrorism financing in Central Asia, finding that state security services shape the nexus of trafficking and terrorism. While organized crime and terrorism do intersect in parts of the region, profit-driven criminal organizations and politically motivated violent groups come together based on the nature of state involvement. Governments in high-trafficking regions are drawn into illicit economies and forge relationships with a range of nonstate violent actors, such as insurgents, erstwhile regime opponents, and transnational groups. Omelicheva and Markowitz contend that these relationships can mitigate terrorism—by redirecting these actors toward other forms of violence. Offering a groundbreaking combination of quantitative, qualitative, and geographic information systems methods to map trafficking/terrorism connections on the ground, Webs of Corruption provides a meticulously researched, counterintuitive perspective on a potent regional security problem
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Theorizing the Trafficking- Terrorism Nexus -- 2. Mapping How Trafficking and Terrorism Intersect -- 3. Convergence and Coexistence: Divergent Paths of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- 4. Emerging Relationships Within the Nexus: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1. SOCIOECONOMIC PREDICTORS OF THE TRAFFICKING- TERRORISM NEXUS -- APPENDIX 2. THE IMPACT OF DRUG TRAFFICKING ON TERRORISM -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource 4 b&w figures, 4 maps
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231547918
DOI:10.7312/omel18854
Access:Restricted Access