TY - JOUR
T1 - Counterterrorism Policy in the Russian Federation
T2 - Furthering the Needs of the Regime
AU - Mahon, Anastassiya
AU - Walker, Scott
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In the wake of the September 11 attacks in 2001, countries were encouraged to enact domestic legislative changes as part of the Global War on Terror. However, it has been left to the countries themselves to define ‘terrorism’ and ‘terrorist activities’. In this manuscript, we illustrate how liberal democracies and illiberal regimes may have very different understandings of the proper use of domestic counterterrorism (CT) policies. We argue that illiberal states, such as Russia, will likely use CT policy to enhance the ruling regime’s goals in ways that liberal states would not. We focus on the critical changes in Russia’s CT policy under Putin and demonstrate how Putin-era Russian CT policies have been used indirectly (i.e., in ways that are not explicitly focused on eliminating terrorist threats) to advance the Kremlin’s desire to suppress domestic opposition and enhance its political standing both at home and abroad.
AB - In the wake of the September 11 attacks in 2001, countries were encouraged to enact domestic legislative changes as part of the Global War on Terror. However, it has been left to the countries themselves to define ‘terrorism’ and ‘terrorist activities’. In this manuscript, we illustrate how liberal democracies and illiberal regimes may have very different understandings of the proper use of domestic counterterrorism (CT) policies. We argue that illiberal states, such as Russia, will likely use CT policy to enhance the ruling regime’s goals in ways that liberal states would not. We focus on the critical changes in Russia’s CT policy under Putin and demonstrate how Putin-era Russian CT policies have been used indirectly (i.e., in ways that are not explicitly focused on eliminating terrorist threats) to advance the Kremlin’s desire to suppress domestic opposition and enhance its political standing both at home and abroad.
KW - counterterrorism
KW - illiberal regimes
KW - Puti
KW - Russia
KW - terrorism
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U2 - 10.58036/stss.v15i1.1097
DO - 10.58036/stss.v15i1.1097
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85166587919
SN - 1736-874X
VL - 15
SP - 3
EP - 17
JO - Studies of Transition States and Societies
JF - Studies of Transition States and Societies
IS - 1
ER -