Sources and Risks of International Terrorism

The course examines the risks and threats of International Terrorism and anti-terrorism policy practice of the EU states, the USA, Israel, Kazakhstan, Russia and other CIS countries, a special place is given to studying the reasons for the spread of religious extremism and terrorism in Central Asia and Kazakhstan, as well as possible scenarios for its development and combating them. It will briefly cover the object and subject of study, political competition and power, nationalism, globalization, separatism and terrorism.  Students successfully completing the course will be able to: •    analyze how and why international terrorist groups or organizations make decisions; •    describe how modern international terrorism affects the individual, society, state and world. •    compare the basic political problems faced by interaction of civilizations in the world;