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January 23, 2026Open Access

Classification of terrorist activity by types and methods of achieving objectives.

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VVVladislav Velitsko

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This article proposes a functional classification of terror, suggesting significant insights into its objectives and types.

Key Points

  • The main goal is to classify terrorist activities based on their objectives and methods, focusing on rational actions under constraints.
  • Retrospective analysis of terrorism studies from 2015 to 2025
  • Examined ideological, organizational, and material motivations for terror
  • Proposed distinction between worldview-based and economically motivated terrorism
  • Introduced the concept of commercial terror
  • Identified economic gain as a primary goal of certain terrorist activities
  • Highlighted the emergence of commercial terror as a distinct type
  • Noted the influence of geoeconomics and extractive violence on contemporary evaluations of terrorism
  • Confirmed the growing relevance of earlier classifications in current academic discussions

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Vladislav Velitsko (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69730fe2c8125b09b0d1fa8chttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18331095
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