Roots and Trajectories of Violent Extremism and Terrorism A Cooperative Program of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences (1995-2020) (2022) / Chapter Skim
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Introduction and Acknowledgments
Introduction and Acknowledgments
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SCOPE OF THE REPORT This report provides an overview of a cross-ocean program of U.S.- Russian nongovernmental cooperation that has focused on assessing the roots and trajectories of ethnic conflict, violent extremism, and terrorism during the past 25 years. The program has been based primarily on a series of bilateral agreements on scientific cooperation between the U.S.
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In describing the cooperative activities that were carried out, the overview of the program set forth in this report underscores the importance of the many linkages between the nongovernmental activities of the NAS and the RAS and the directly related interests of the two governments. The program has included a broad range of analytical and exploratory activities that were designed to contribute to the following objectives: • To improve understanding of the evolution and proliferation of violent extremism and terrorism, primarily in Russia, with increas ing attention in recent years to terrorist threats in the United States and in other countries as well -- in Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe.
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. • Addressing security challenges linked to recent ethnic turmoil in the Middle East and other areas of interest to the United States and Russia (Chapter 5)
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Russian specialists had greater financial constraints on international travel than did their American counterparts. Therefore, fewer meetings and field visits were organized in the United States.
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Most of the intergovernmental efforts addressed events of immediate concern, and there was some overlap in the interests of the governments and the focus of the inter-academy program. In addition, a number of nongovernmental organizations beyond the academies in the two countries organized occasional U.S.-Russian meetings concerning developments related to terrorism.
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MacArthur Foundation; the Russell Family Foundation; the Richard Lounsbery Foundation; the Rutter Foundation; the Nuclear Threat Initiative; the Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki; and the National Research Council. The details of Russian financial support for the program have not been available.
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From 1992 to 1994, he was on leave of absence to serve in Moscow as the chair of the Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) established by the governments of the United States, the European Union, Japan, and Russia.
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