Webs of corruption : trafficking and terrorism in Central Asia /

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 terror...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Omelicheva, Mariya Y. (Author), Markowitz, Lawrence P., 1970- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press [2019]
Series:Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/omel18854
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theorizing the trafficking/terrorism nexus
  • Mapping how trafficking and terrorism intersect
  • Convergence and coexistence: divergent paths of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
  • Emerging relationships within the nexus: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
  • Conclusion.