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In the first years of Soviet power, various security structures were formed to protect the existing government. Traditionally, the establishing of such organizations, per se, was assessed as a phased construction of the state, which was naturally in need of the army, police, special service, etc. The author focuses on the difference in the development of these structures in the "Soviet" version, linking it with the emergence of new tasks on the one hand, and the failure in their solution by the already existing structures on the other. The author considers it was appropriate to include commanding courses and soviet party schools into the emerging system especially at the initial stage of their formation.

Under agreement between the great powers, victors in World War II--the USSR, USA, Britain and France--the entire territory of defeated Germany was to come under their control regardless of whose forces liberated which part of Germany from the Nazis. The Soviet forces that occupied the greater part of Germany were to hand over a considerable portion of that territory to their allies. With this in mind, the leadership of the Soviet Union decided to send to Germany, right after the end of the war, a special team to scout the territories that were to be handed over, for possible useful technological innovations the Germans had always been good at. Here, Safonov recalls his team's experience in Germany. Adapted from the source document.

Argues that the terrorist threat presenting itself on 9/11 is the tip of a layered pyramid that must be understood in its entirety to be adequately addressed. The lowest layers are labeled "protest sentiments" springing from resistance to globalization & the second layer is deemed Islam as an ideological & political challenge to the Western worldview. After discussing al Qaeda's long-range goals, focus turns to the need for international collaboration on counterterrorism efforts. This is examined in terms of the prospect of terrorism with weapons of mass destruction & the vulnerability of terrorist financing. D. Edelman

Discusses the characteristics of modern terrorism, using al Qaeda to illustrate and describing it as an extremely complex interdisciplinary problem. Counterterrorist efforts since the war in Afghanistan are recounted.