World economy and international economic relations

Transformation of the nature of terrorism in the conditions of glocal social space: political, legal, economic and communication aspects

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 178, Issue 7-8, Pages: 4-16

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Tishchenkova, S., Cherniak, N., Chaplynska, Yu., & Soldatenko, O. (2019). Transformation of the nature of terrorism in the conditions of glocal social space: political, legal, economic and communication aspects. Economic Annals-XXI, 178(7-8), 4-16. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V178-01

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Svitlana Tishchenkova
PhD (Law),
Professor,
Department of Forensics, Forensic Medicine and Psychiatry,
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
26 Gagarin Ave., Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine
tishchenkova@ukr.net
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-0422

Nataliia Cherniak
PhD (Law),
Associate Professor,
Department of Criminal Procedure,
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
26 Gagarin Ave., Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine
cherniak_nat@i.ua
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9494-7016

Yuliia Chaplynska
D.Sc. (Law),
Associate Professor,
Department of Criminal Law,
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
26 Gagarin Ave., Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine
ulia300@ukr.net
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6811-9233

Olena Soldatenko
PhD (Law),
Associate Professor,
Department of Criminal Procedure,
Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs
26 Gagarin Ave., Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine
soldat-72-21@ukr.net
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6587-0280

Abstract. The paper presents findings of a complex research on the problem of countering terrorism in the conditions of global socioeconomic and legal space. In particular, an analysis is conducted to determine the nature and sources of the origin of terrorism with further substantiation of its two types – ambient terrorism and viral terrorism. To reveal the essence of ambient terrorism, we introduce the notion «incomplete historic gestalt», the underlying meaning of which comprises conditions and factors favourable to the development of terrorist hotbeds. The work establishes cause-effect relations between upsurge of the terrorist threat in certain countries of Africa, Europe and Asia and the state of social and economic development of these countries.

The paper further elucidates modern trends in determining the location of terrorist hotbeds according to its nature. In particular, we considered the factor of the information society in different regions to assess the level of danger of viral terrorism. For this purpose, we employed the data supplied by the ICT Development Index and the Worldwide Press Freedom Index together with the Global Terrorism Index. We have found out that a high level of freedom of speech and pluralism become a tool for forming the rhetorics of radicalism and extremism among the population. Such a trend is representative for the countries that became the recipients of large migration inflows from Asia and Africa lately: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Belgium.

It has been concluded that ambient terrorism has a more or less sustained pattern and is localized in the territory of states immersed in crisis conditions, while viral terrorism does not have a permanent location, being unpredictable, mobile and rapidly spreading. At the same time, we must admit that conclusive identification of the nature of contemporary terrorism is extremely complex. It transforms dynamically and has a hybrid nature. Keywords: Ambient Terrorism; Viral Terrorism; Incomplete Historic Gestalt; Terrorist Hotbed; Victimization; Economic and Political-legal Instruments of Countering Terrorism.

JEL Сlassification: E71; F22; F29; H50; K33; K42

Acknowledgements and Funding: The authors received no direct funding for this research.

Contribution: The authors contributed equally to this work.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V178-01

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Received 2.07.2019
Received in revised form 3.08.2019
Accepted 5.08.2019
Available online 30.09.2019

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