What is State-Sponsored Terrorism

The complexity and versatility of modern international relations, the struggle for energy resources, the division of spheres of influence between main geopolitical actors, the presence of problems of the global nature – all these factors greatly complicate the interaction of states in the international arena. Such difficulties give rise to many geopolitical strategies and tactics designed to protect the national interests of a particular state. And one such strategy may be state terrorism. First of all, it must be stated that the concept state terrorism has two aspects: internal political and foreign policy. Under state terrorism, internal political phenomenon is understood as the actions of state bodies' law and order against their own people. Often the state uses for this non-state terrorist structures. It is necessary to note that in world history, domestic terror is not a single occurrence. Most often it has manifested itself in totalitarian societies.