TY  - GEN
T1  - Webs of corruption : trafficking and terrorism in Central Asia
T2  - Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.
A1  - Omelicheva, Mariya Y.
A1  - Markowitz, Lawrence P., 1970-
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1099524979
AB  - Counterterrorism experts and policy makers have warned of the peril posed by the connections 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.
OP  - 220
NO  - "Release date: May 21, 2019."
CN  - HV5840.A783 O44 2019eb
SN  - 9780231547918
SN  - 0231547919
SN  - 9780231188548
SN  - 0231188544
SN  - 9780231188555
SN  - 0231188552
KW  - Drug traffic : Asia, Central.
KW  - Terrorism : Asia, Central.
KW  - Drogues : Trafic : Asie centrale.
KW  - Terrorisme : Asie centrale.
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Infrastructure.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : General.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Terrorism.
KW  - Drug traffic
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Central Asia
ER  -