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DECLINE, CRISIS AND RESET Vol. 24 No. 2., Summer (April-June) 2020 COMBATING DIFFERENT FACETS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM : A FORMIDABLE TASK IN A COMPLEX SCENARIO Ravi Pratap Singh analyses the different types of terrorism and its international ramifications, the genesis of Islamic terror and the equally dangerous trends of leftist right wing terrorism as well as the limitations of democracy when confronted by terrorism. He makes a case for a multipronged inclusive strategy as well as strengthening of the intelligence and security apparatus as long-term means for combatting terrorism. Author: Ravi Pratap Singh RUSSIA GEOPOLITICS AND EURASIA : AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF RUSSIA�S ROLE IN EURASIAN INTEGRATION Eurasia in the context of geography refers to a single continent encompassing vast territories of Europe and Asia while the political context refers to its historical, cultural and political interconnections. Shahzada Rahim Abbas analyses Russian geopolitical thinking in the creation of a Eurasian Union to counter the hegemony of the Atlanticists. He also examines Russia’s role in the reintegration of the post-Soviet space. Author: Shahzada Rahim Abbas THE RETURN OF HISTORY: WORLD POLITICS IN THE EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Andrey Volodin focuses on global processes that took shape in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The logic of their continuation has decisively affected the megatrends of modern world politics. Today, the existential problem faced by the world is the search for a new global consensus, with a collective security system covering all of humanity at its core. Author: Andrey Volodin BRICS AND THE THREAT OF A NEW GLOBAL SYSTEMIC CRISIS Paolo Raimondi lays out a comprehensive panorama of the global economic situation as it was on the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic and points out major weaknesses and crises brewing in the public and private sectors of the world’s biggest economies. He calls for the creation of a new global monetary architecture. Author: Paolo Raimondi THE IMPERATIVES OF NATIONAL SECURITY VIS-�-VIS GLOBALISATION Sudhanshu Tripathi examines the ongoing debate over the mounting challenges before national security against a backdrop of globalisation and liberalisation. He also analyses the potential threats to global peace and security that may affect different nations and cancel out the benefits of the ongoing globalisation process. Author: Sudhanshu Tripathi THE UNSPOKEN CONFLICT OF WESTERN SAHARA Western Sahara has been the most populous and largest non-self-governing territory since 1963. Conflict in the area is mainly between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Kanika Sansanwal and Rahul Kamath analyse the claims of the Sahrawi, including their demand for self-determination. They also offer possible formulae to end the conflict, keeping in mind the best interests of all disputants. Author: Kanika Sansanwal and Rahul Kamath TACKLING VENEZUELA�S HYPERINFLATION Suyash Chandak highlights some of the major factors accounting for Venezuela’s economic crisis and hyperinflation, rooted in the almost exclusive dependency of the country on oil exports as well as profligate and corrupt public policies. He asserts that a reform of the monetary system would require a change of government and necessitate international assistance to bring back confidence in the national currency and economy. Author: Suyash Chandak CITIZENS� TRUST IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT : EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA Through a questionnaire administered to a cross-section of Ethiopian society in Bahir Dar, Taye Demissie Beshi and Ranvinderjit Kaur analyse peoples’ trust in local government. Their findings reveal a low level of trust and while gender, age and political affiliation influence the level of trust in the local administration, the educational level and income do not. Author: Taye Demissie Beshi and Ranvinderjit Kaur VIOLENCE ON WOMEN : AN �ACCEPTABLE� ASSERTION IN PAKISTAN Women in Pakistan live in a world structured by strict codes of family ties, religion and tribal customs. In recent years, pervasive repression and violence have literally pushed women back into their homes for fear of reprisals. Sanchita Bhattacharya asserts that Pakistan today is juggling between repressive customs and borrowed modernisation, causing irreparable damage to the social milieu, of which women are a fundamental component. Author: Sanchita Bhattacharya