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This article deals with the nexus between organized crime and terrorism in the region of post-Soviet Chechnya, and the primary goal is to show the connection between the phenomenon of organized crime and non-state armed actors who are generally labelled as terrorists. As a framework for the analysis, we chose the 'Crime-Terror Nexus' typology of Tamara Makarenko. As organized crime and terrorism are interconnected in Chechnya, the organized crime groups in post-Soviet Chechnya usually employ terrorist tactics (and vice versa) for operational purposes. However, in some periods we can find examples of a strong convergence in which criminal and terrorist organizations could merge into a single entity that initially displays characteristics of both types of groups simultaneously. The article also shows that it is very difficult to categorize some Chechen actors, especially those involved in terrorist activities. Adapted from the source document.

This article aims to present a basic typology & theoretical framework for the phenomenon of organized crime. The text presents a survey & summary of the existing research, focusing on problems with definition of terms, their nuance & sense. Subsequently, I offer a typology of organized crime & a typology of organized crime groups in particular. That is, organized crime groups are the basic participants in organized crime. Adapted from the source document.

This article deals with Czech organized crime, thus with a phenomenon that has never been widely examined. This descriptive thesis arises from Finckenauer's definition of organized crime, which is used as a basic framework, but not as a self-standing theory. The primary goal of this article is to introduce Czech structures and activities of Czech organized crime: their history and present state, as well as middle range perspectives on their future development. The data used in this article are based on qualitative research into organized crime undertaken in the years 2008-2010. Adapted from the source document.

The terms "weak," "failed," & "collapsed," among others, were used to describe the specific condition of a state for the first time rather recently. The research of a state's strength or weakness reacted to the processes of decolonization & the collapse of the bipolar configuration of international relations. The theoretical & methodological settlement of this phenomenon in the context of political science is still a great challenge for academic society. This article aims to conceptualize the problematics of weakening & collapse of state power. The authors don't try to challenge the current conceptions of Rotberg, Zartman, etc., but to categorize these theoretical approaches into three dimensions in the context of the parameters the authors of these conceptions work with. The three dimensions that are introduced are the one of international relations, the economic one & the socio-political one. The article concludes with the presentation of the Fund for Peace tool, which tries to include all these dimensions. Adapted from the source document.