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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">43456</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2025-25-1-30-44</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">JDJZPW</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Islamist Terrorist Activity in 2000-2020: A Scoring Methodology</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Методика балльной оценки террористической активности исламистских группировок в 2000-2020 гг.</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title/></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1678-0967</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2963-7598</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Chikrizova</surname><given-names>Olga S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чикризова</surname><given-names>Ольга Сергеевна</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD (History), Associate Professor, Department of Theory and History of International Relations</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры теории и истории международных отношений</p></bio><email>chikrizova-os@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">RUDN University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-03-29" publication-format="electronic"><day>29</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>25</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Threats in the Context  of the Formation of a Multipolar World</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Традиционные и нетрадиционные угрозы безопасности  в условиях формирования многополярного мира</issue-title><fpage>30</fpage><lpage>44</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-03-28"><day>28</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Chikrizova O.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Чикризова О.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2025, Chikrizova O.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Chikrizova O.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Чикризова О.С.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Chikrizova O.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/43456">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/43456</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The relevance of the study of Islamist terrorism is due to its destructive impact on national and global security, as well as on the dialogue between Western and Eastern, particularly Muslim, nations since the early 2000s. Islamist terrorism reinforces entrenched prejudices against Islam and Muslims, leading to their demonization and the subsequent prevention of constructive interaction between communities professing different religions, thus hindering the establishment of relations based on mutual trust. This study examines the number of terrorist attacks committed by Islamist groups and their victims between 2000 and 2020, and tests the methodology for scoring their terrorist activities. Based on the Global Terrorism Database and the author’s sample of 155 groups broadcasting Islamist ideology, three stages of the development of Islamist terrorism were identified, a direct proportional relationship between the number of terrorist attacks and the number of victims was proven, and the geography of Islamist terrorist activity was analyzed. Methodologically, this study combines the analysis of terrorism as both a political phenomenon and a religious manifestation, and Islamist terrorist groups themselves are seen as political projects masquerading as religiously motivated communities. In contrast to the destabilization of Iraq, which along with Afghanistan became another platform for training terrorists, the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, had little impact on Islamist terrorism. Quantitative analysis revealed that the Middle East and North Africa was mistakenly perceived as the “epicenter” of Islamist terrorism in 2000-2020, as Southeast Asia was the leader in terrorist attacks in 2000, while South Asia occupied 1st place in 2003, 2005-2013, and 2018-2020. It has been confirmed that instability at the local and national levels serves as a fertile ground for Islamist terrorism. The possibilities and limitations of the proposed methodology are outlined, and the prospects for its further application in scientific studies of Islamist terrorism are described.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Актуальность изучения исламистского терроризма обусловлена его не снижающимся с начала 2000-х гг. деструктивным влиянием на национальную и глобальную безопасность, а также на диалог между западными и восточными, в частности мусульманскими, обществами. Исламистский терроризм закрепляет укоренившиеся предрассудки в отношении ислама и мусульман, демонизирует их, препятствуя конструктивному взаимодействию сообществ, исповедующих разные религии, и установлению отношений, основанных на взаимном доверии. Цель исследования состоит в апробации методики балльной оценки террористической активности исламистских групп с привлечением эмпирических данных о количестве терактов, совершенных исламистами в 2000-2020 гг., и жертв этих атак. На основе Глобальной базы данных о терроризме и авторской выборки из 155 группировок, транслирующих исламистскую идеологию, выделено три этапа развития исламистского терроризма, подтверждено наличие прямой пропорциональной связи между количеством терактов и числом жертв в них, а также проанализирована география террористической деятельности исламистов. Методологически исследование опирается на сочетание двух подходов - изучения терроризма как политического явления и как формы религиозной манифестации, а сами исламистские террористические группировки рассматриваются как политические проекты, только маскирующиеся под сообщества, преследующие религиозные цели. Установлено, что теракты 11 сентября 2001 г. не оказали существенного влияния на активизацию терроризма исламистов в отличие от дестабилизации Ирака, который стал еще одной площадкой для подготовки террористов наряду с Афганистаном. Количественный анализ позволил установить, что Ближний Восток и Северная Африка ошибочно воспринимались как «эпицентр» исламистского терроризма в 2000-2020 гг., поскольку в 2000 г. первое место по числу терактов занимала Юго-Восточная Азия, а в 2003, 2005-2013 и 2018-2020 гг. лидером по этому показателю была Южная Азия. Обозначены возможности и ограничения предлагаемой методики, описаны перспективы ее дальнейшего применения в научных исследованиях исламистского терроризма.</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"/><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>jihadism</kwd><kwd>international terrorism</kwd><kwd>Global Terrorism Database</kwd><kwd>quantitative methods</kwd><kwd>Middle East and North Africa</kwd><kwd>South Asia</kwd><kwd>Southeast Asia</kwd><kwd>Sub-Saharan Africa</kwd><kwd>9/11 attacks</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>джихадизм</kwd><kwd>международный терроризм</kwd><kwd>Глобальная база данных по терроризму</kwd><kwd>количественные методы</kwd><kwd>Ближний Восток и Северная Африка</kwd><kwd>Южная Азия</kwd><kwd>Юго-Восточная Азия</kwd><kwd>Африка южнее Сахары</kwd><kwd>теракты 11 сентября</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Bakhshi, U., &amp; Rousselle, A. 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