Terrorism is defined as coordinated attacks aimed at arousing feelings of terror againsta group of people. In contrast to war, acts of terrorism are not subject to the rules ofwar such as the time of execution that is always sudden and the target of casualtiesthat are random and often are civilians. Terrorism is increasingly becoming a scourgefor modern civilization. The nature of the actions, actors, strategic goals, motivations,expected and achieved results, Terrorism targets and methods are now increasinglywidespread and varied. So it is increasingly clear that terror is not a form of ordinarydestructive violence, but it is a crime against human peace and security. In order toprevent and combat Terrorism, since long before the occurrence of events classified asa form of Terrorism occurred in the world, international and regional communities andvarious countries have attempted criminal policies accompanied by systematic andcomprehensive criminalization of categorized acts as Terrorism. Under the provisionsof the 12 convention includes the main protocol rules adopted by the United Nations.These international agreements principally regulate norms including the responsibilityof the state in addressing the problem of terrorism with all countries including the ASEANregion and the Russian Federation declaring to fight terrorism. Russia itself as one of thetwo world superpowers which is seen as having a strong military is considered strategicfor ASEAN to establish cooperation in the field of security and defense in the fight againstterrorism. Through collaboration agreement and ratification of terrorism regulations in their respective countries, both the ASEAN region and the Russian Federation areexpected to prevent further terrorism in their respective regions.
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