The threat of terrorist attacks is rising across Europe. Observers rightly point to the rise of the Islamic State, the persistent threat from Al Qa`ida (AQ) and its affiliates and allies in Europe and neighboring Eurasia, and the recent explosion of the refugee flood Syria, Iraq, North Africa, again Eurasia but most notably Syria. However, another terrorism threat has raised its ugly head in Europe; one that has reached across the half-continent from its eastern edge to the far west in London—the Ukrainian neo-fascist terrorist threat.
The CIA defines terrorism as “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents.” It defines ‘international terrorism’ as “terrorism involving the territory or the citizens of more than one country.” (www.secbrief.org/2014/04/definition-of-terrorism/) The term ‘state terrorism’ has entered the field of terrorism studies, with its definition mush as the first one given above, with the difference that the terms ‘state’, ‘state organizations’ and/or ‘state agents’ replace the phrase ‘sub-national groups or clandestine agents.’
Numerous violent acts committed either by pro-Maidan revolutionary, mostly neo-fascist or ultra-nationalist, sub-national groups (i.e., non-state actors and groups) before and during the overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich or by state actors, organs and agents after the installation of the new Maidan Ukrainian government or regime qualify as terrorism.…Russian and Eurasian Politics
Europe’s New Terrorist Threat
Gordon M. Hahn | Analyst and Advisory Board Member of the Geostrategic Forecasting Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; a Senior Researcher, Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group, San Jose, California; and an Analyst/Consultant, Russia Other Points of View – Russia Media Watch
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I'm completely baffled as to what Ukrainian nationalists would gain from acts of terrorism in Western Europe. That would simply reduce sympathy in Western Europe for those nationalists' cause.
I'm baffled by this guy's pedigree.
I'm baffled by this guy's pedigree
"Dr. Gordon M. Hahn has taught Russian domestic and foreign policy as well as international relations at Boston, American, Stanford, and San JoseStateUniversities and has published extensively on Russian politics and international affairs. His first book, Russia’s Revolution From Above, 1985-2000: Reform, Transition and Revolution in the Fall of the Soviet Communist Regime (Rutgers University, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2002) was hailed as "impressive," "meticulous," and a "must read" in a review published in the leading Russian studies journal, The Russian Review. A review in the premier Eurasian-East European area studies journal, Slavic Review, called it "one of the most thorough, information-filled, and meticulously documented analyses of the Gorbachev era yet written" and "an important book" that provides "fascinating insights" and "depth" of analysis.
Dr. Hahn has also published widely in scholarly journals (Post-Soviet Affairs, Demokratizatsiya, East European Constitutional Review, Problems of Post-Communism, Europe-Asia Studies, Russian History/Histoire Russe, and The Russian Review) and numerous English and Russian language newspapers, magazines, and newsletters, including The Russia Journal, The Moscow Times, The St. Petersburg Times, and Vremya MN. He has been interviewed and highlighted in the Russian newspapers Izvestiya and Novye Izvestiya.
Dr Hahn received his BA in 1986 and MA in 1988 from BostonCollege and his Ph.D. from BostonUniversity in 1995. He was a recipient of U.S. State Department Title VIII Grants both from the Hoover Institution at StanfordUniversity in 1995-96 and the American Council of Teachers of Russian in 1996-97. He received a Short-Term Fellowship from the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies in 1994. He has spent nearly three years living and working in Russia. Dr. Hahn is currently Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution, StanfordUniversity where his research examines the impact of Putin's federative reforms on Russian federalism, democratization, and inter-ethnic and inter-confessional relations, with a special focus on the national republics such as Tatarstan and Bashkortostan."
Fulbright in Russia
Too much time in Russia may explain the previous column by him that was linked to, that I cannot find :(
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