On challenging aspects of countering the international terrorism

¹ Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Center for Criminal Legislation, Criminal and Procedure Legislation, Judicial Practice, Moscow, Russia
² Kaliningrad branch of the Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Department of Criminal Procedure, Kaliningrad, Russia

^* Corresponding author: o_stepanov28@mail.ru

Abstract

The problem of international terrorism has become one of the serious problems hindering the sustainable development of the global community. The tragic events in Moscow, Beslan, New York, Madrid, Monte Carlo, London, and Paris have clearly shown this. The prerequisite for the study is an increase in the spread of international terrorism and the associated new threats and risks for the world community. International terrorism has many forms of manifestation aimed at causing harm to various objects (on the ground, in the waters, in the air, on the Internet), including critical infrastructure facilities associated with the use of nuclear materials. Also, the second decade of the 21st century was marked by hundreds of thousands of victims and millions of refugees associated with the consequences of terrorist activities on the territory of Syria, Iraq, and other states. The main objective of the study is to investigate socially significant scientific problems associated with countering this negative phenomenon. The result of the study is the introduction of the concept of “international security” into scientific circulation, which should be understood as the state of protection of subjects of international law from internal and external threats, based on the consideration of the interests of these subjects related to the leveling of dangerous manifestations that are global. At the same time, the authors emphasize the need to consider the development of the artificial intelligence sphere in the framework of countering the international terrorism threat. The results obtained in the study have not been previously published in literary sources and can serve as a guideline for further scientific research in the field of countering international terrorism.