Terrorism and Corruption

Simpson, Matthew

doi:10.2753/ijs0020-7659440204

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“…It turns out that the higher the level of corruption perceived by society in Russia, the stronger the ideological foundation of radical anti-state ideas and the higher the risk of terrorism. This fact confirms the findings of many studies and the strong relationship between public discontent and the rise in political violence (Simpson, 2014). It appears that the real state of affairs in the field of combating corruption does not have such a weight as the real or imaginary injustice of the authorities perceived by society (Souilemanov, 2018).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Terrorist risk assessment in the regions of the Russian Federation

Novikov

Koshkin

Abramov

2020

JACPR

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Purpose The aim of the paper is to identify the characteristics of terrorist risks in the regional aspect by using the example of the Russian Federation. Design/methodology/approach The cluster analysis revealed four groups of regions that differ in the level of terrorist risk. Then, based on comparison of regression analysis results for the selected regions and the country as a whole, a characteristic of factors contributing to and preventing terrorism was presented. Findings The research results showed that the main problems affecting the growth of terrorism, both at the national and regional levels, are the low level of economic freedom, as well as high political instability, crime rates, corruption and digital globalization processes. Therefore, when developing and implementing a counter-terrorism policy, more attention should be paid to these areas. Originality/value Assessing terrorist risk across national regions is a relevant problem. The identification of patterns in the commission of terrorist attacks and their regional distribution are of great importance for national counter-terrorism strategies.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Terrorist risk assessment in the regions of the Russian Federation

Novikov

Koshkin

Abramov

2020

JACPR

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“…A publication by Boussiga and Ghdamsi [15] reveals a long-term correlation relationship between corruption and terrorism. Simpson [16] found completely different results -there is no statistically significant relationship between those two variables. A publication by Odehnal and Sedlacik [17] points to dominant position of political instability as a determinant of terrorist activity.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 89%

Link Between Terrorism and Social, Economic and Security-Political Factors

Bøeò

Zeman

Urban

2019

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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Terrorism is formulated as a planned use of violence targeting a wide range public. The aim of terrorism is to attract attention and cause fear through which specific political, religious or ideological intentions are achieved. An integral part of the issue of terrorism is not only the consequences of committed terrorist acts which lead to subsequent security measures but also the cause of terrorist activities which determine the reasons why people are motivated for these activities. The immediate causes of terrorist attacks vary on a case-by-case basis so their determination is not generally possible. However, it is possible to identify and analyze factors, which create preconditions for the emergence of terrorism. Some publications suggest that poor structural social conditions, economic deprivation and securitypolitical instability situations create frustration, which in turn makes terrorism more likely. The paper deals with the social factors (social inequality, standard of living, level of citizen's education), economic factors (GDP, unemployment, inflation) and security-political factors (corruption, criminality, political instability, government ineffectiveness, war and violent conflict) which potentially generate future terrorist activities. The main aim is to find out correlations between these factors and terrorism. In order to calculate results we gathered data (relevant indexes and indicators, which express individual social/economic/security-political factors) in 162 countries in the year 2017. Using Spearman's correlation coefficient as the statistical method, we made comprehensive statements about the link between individual social/economic/security-political factors and terrorism. Many previous analysis, studies and publications have focused on this issue but there are different statements about the causes of terrorism. This paper confirms some of these statements -that social inequality, GDP, current war conflict, corruption and political instability have increased the terrorist threat throughout the world.

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“…The study analysed 123 states between the years 2003 and 2014. However, Simpson 43 arrived at completely different results, analysing 106 states between 1990 and 2010. According to his results, there is no statistically significant relationship between corruption and terrorism.…”

Section: Security-political Factorsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Identification of Social, Economic and Security-Political Grounds for Terrorism

Břeň¹,

Zeman²,

Kudlák³

et al. 2021

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An integral part of the issue of terrorism is not only the consequences of committed terrorist acts that lead to subsequent security measures, but also the causes of terrorist activities, which determine the reasons why people are motivated to commit them. This paper focuses on the social, economic, and security policy factors that potentially generate future terrorist activities. The main goal is to analyse the opinions of 52 respondents from 31 countries, i.e., experts from military, police, and academic institutions. The method of analytical hierarchy was chosen for the respondents, who decided on the importance of individual factors. According to the respondents, the most important factor of the current national and violent international war is the security-political area. It is followed by social inequality (in the social area) and unemployment (in the economic area). The achieved results show a certain reflection of the evaluated factors regarding the competitiveness of individual countries, which can significantly affect not only the level of threat of terrorist activities in the country, but also their potential mobility.

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Terrorism and Corruption

Cited by 18 publications

References 55 publications

Terrorist risk assessment in the regions of the Russian Federation

Terrorist risk assessment in the regions of the Russian Federation

Link Between Terrorism and Social, Economic and Security-Political Factors

Identification of Social, Economic and Security-Political Grounds for Terrorism

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