Paper Title
Central Asia and The Problem of Terrorism

Abstract
This work examines the security threat faced by the Central Asian states because of terrorism. The study tries to understand the magnitude of terrorism, governments’ responses to terrorism and how it affects their foreign policy. It also stresses on the impact of ideas about the nature of terrorist threat and examines the appropriateness of the use of force on counter-terrorism policies of these states, specifically in the external affairs. Keywords - Terrorism, Securitization, Radical Islam, RATS, Narco-terrorism