The Growing Threat of Extremism in Central Asia: Causes and Solutions

The study examines the tendencies and motivations for people to join terrorist groups by examining the relationship between the political regime and citizens' discontent with authority. Central Asia is used as an example because for many years this region has been seen as a source of large numbers of volunteers joining terrorist groups in neighboring Afghanistan as well as in Syria. The review of existing literature is used to study this topic. The study found that dissatisfaction with the authorities, corruption, low living standards and opposition from the state, rather than their ideological views, were among the important factors that encouraged people to join extremist groups.

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Title: ScienceOpen Preprints

Publisher: ScienceOpen

Publication date (Electronic preprint): 31 March 2022

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[1 ] International Relations and Regional Studies, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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[* ]Email: farangissharipova@ 123456gmail.com .

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Farangis Sharipova https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3873-3387

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DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPF3VEL.v1

SO-VID: 937ae717-8748-489b-a818-b6c634030a0f

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Date received : 31 March 2022

Data availability: All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article (and its supplementary information files).

ScienceOpen disciplines: Political science,Social & Behavioral Sciences

Keywords: Violent extremism,Political regime,Ideology,Central Asia,Terrorism ,Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS),Human Rights,Radicalisation

References

Azizian Rouben. Countering Islamic Radicalism in Central Asiа. Connections: The Quarterly Journal. Vol. 05(4):93–104. 2006. Procon, Ltd. [Cross Ref]
McNair Brian. An Introduction to Political Communication. 2003. Routledge. [Cross Ref]

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[1] Azizian Rouben. Countering Islamic Radicalism in Central Asiа. Connections: The Quarterly Journal. Vol. 05(4):93–104. 2006. Procon, Ltd. [Cross Ref]

[2] McNair Brian. An Introduction to Political Communication. 2003. Routledge. [Cross Ref]