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The article offers information on the rise and evolution of terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS). Topics discussed include promotion of policy of de-Baathification in the Iraq by Coalition Provisional Authority led by the U.S., use of social media to convey its brutality and encourage recruitment in the organization, and ISIS' brutality against the citizens of neighboring countries.

This paper examines the criminalization of the privatization process now occurring in the former Soviet Union. The different means by which the economy has been criminalized and its impact on the citizenry are examined. This paper argues that former Communist Party elite and organized criminal groups have purchased the majority of the state's assets. The absence of careful planning and proper legal protections in implementing the massive privatization program are given as important explanations for the failure of this process. Though special attention is given to Russia, this analysis applies to the other states of the former Soviet Union as well.