Causes of Violent Extremism in Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan
Sharipova D. Beissembayev S.
2023Routledge
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
2023#46Issue 91702 - 1724 pp.
The article focuses on causes of violent extremism in Kazakhstan by looking at the violent attacks on law-enforcement bodies in 2011 and 2016 in Aqtobe, Almaty, and Atyrau. Drawing on interviews with the convicted extremists, we argue that criminal youth subculture, grievances, the Salafi-jihadist ideology, and propaganda in the Internet have promoted extremist violence in Kazakhstan. We also make a brief comparative analysis of European jihadists and violent extremists in Kazakhstan, highlighting some important similarities and differences across the regions.
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Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Department of Sociology, L.N.Gumilev Eurasian National University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Graduate School of Public Policy
Department of Sociology
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