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Appendix C: Russia's Counterterrorism Strategy--Valentin A. Sobolev
Pages 227-230

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... data, more than 10,000 terrorist acts have been committed worldwide in the past three decades) • Rise in the level of organization (during the twentieth century, terrorism developed from a lone terrorist model to transnational terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda)
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... • Expanded social base and involvement of significant masses of the population in extremist activities: This leads to the creation of a broader infrastructure for terrorist organizations and brings the ethnonational factor to bear, which in turn creates a significant degree of uncertainty about potential sources of the terrorist threat and forms and means of operation by terrorists. • Rise in linkages between terrorism and the ethnoreligious factor: Primarily this refers to the aim of certain branches of Islam to create individuals who are psychologically prepared to commit violent acts "in the name of Allah" to achieve political goals, such as overthrowing unfavorable secular regimes and establishing a government according to Islamic doctrines.
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... 229 Fig C-1.eps landscape
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... , within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council • Enhanced regional antiterrorist cooperation with nearby countries, primarily through the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization • Establishment of cooperation on countering new challenges and threats with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Asian Regional Forum Figure C-1 illustrates the new transnational ideology and practice of asymmetric violent resolution of contradictions on a global level.
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