Conceptual Framework for Determining the Extremist Environment and Terrorism in the Context of Globalization

The aim of this study was to examine the concepts and sources of the formation of an extremist environment and terrorism in the context of globalization. The formation of human society in the early stages of its development already faced extremism, which was due to the understanding of the benefits of wielding power over people. Today, in a globalizing world, this phenomenon has not lost its relevance and is an inevitable companion of every developed state. Overall, globalization has played a key role in determining the extremist environment and terrorism. The objectives of the study are to analyze the causes of extremism and terrorism in a globalizing world. In our study, we tried to uncover the key causes of the rise of extremism and terrorism. In that vein, we have analyzed the clash between the liberal and socialist ideals of globalization, which led to the widespread spread of extremism and terrorism in the world and which, in the hands of the United States, have become an instrument of pressure on geopolitical opponents. Conclusions: We have established that globalization has become an enabling environment for promoting the ideas of extremism and terrorism, both in the mass consciousness of people and in the global media space, where extremist and terrorist groups broadcast radical ideologies calling for aggressive forms of behavior, justifying the crimes committed and terrorist attacks as the only effective measures to combat in the circumstances. We also found that the dynamics and concepts of globalization, increasing world inequality, provoked an increase in international crime and an increase in social tension in backward countries.

globalization, extremism, terrorism, geopolitics, confrontation, security