Webs of Corruption - Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia

Webs of Corruption is an innovative study demonstrating that terrorist and criminal activity intersect more narrowly than is widely believed. Mariya Y. Omelicheva and Lawrence P. Markowitz analyze the links between the drug trade and terror financing in Central Asia, finding that state security services shape the nexus of trafficking and terrorism.

Sommario

List of 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

Info autore

Mariya Y. Omelicheva is professor of political science at the University of Kansas. She is the author of Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia (2011) and Democracy in Central Asia: Competing Perspectives and Alternative Strategies (2015).

Lawrence P. Markowitz is professor of political science at Rowan University. He is the author of State Erosion: Unlootable Resources and Unruly Elites in Central Asia (2013).

Riassunto

Webs of Corruption is an innovative study demonstrating that terrorist and criminal activity intersect more narrowly than is widely believed. Mariya Y. Omelicheva and Lawrence P. Markowitz analyze the links between the drug trade and terror financing in Central Asia, finding that state security services shape the nexus of trafficking and terrorism.

Testo aggiuntivo

Recommended.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lawrence Markowitz, Mariya Omelicheva, Mariya Markowitz Omelicheva
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780231188548
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18854-8
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare; Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Eastern Europe, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Political corruption, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Terrorism, armed struggle, Politics and government, Warfare and defence, Corruption in politics, government and society, terrorism; organized crime