In this original scientific paper, we consider terrorism as a phenomenon and process, that is, the possibilities of scientific research of terrorism by the typical research topic model. The typical topic model of scientific research of terrorism in social sciences, especially in political science, given that terrorism is primarily a political phenomenon, is a general model that applies to both terrorism 
and terrorist activities

Sekulic, M.

Tancic, D.

Trivan, D.

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Tancic D., PhD,
Associate professor, Institute for Serbian Culture Pristina, Serbia
dragan.tancic@fpsp.edu.rs
Trivan D., PhD,
Associate professor,
Faculty of Business Studies and Law,
«Union — Nikola Tesla» University, Belgrade, Serbia
dragan.trivan@fpsp.edu.rs
Sekulic M., PhD,
Attorney at Law, Bar Association of Montenegro
THE TYPICAL TOPIC MODEL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
OF TERRORISM
ABSTRACT: In this original scientific paper, we consider terrorism as
a phenomenon and process, that is, the possibilities of scientific
research of terrorism by the typical research topic model. The typical
topic model of scientific research of terrorism in social sciences,
especially in political science, given that terrorism is primarily a
political phenomenon, is a general model that applies to both terrorism
and terrorist activities.
KEY WORDS: Terrorism, scientific research, research model
Introduction
Terrorism as a phenomenon and a process, in the near or distant
past or contemporary political conditions, is classified by the majority
of authors as one of the most current political problems. All those
events have always been topical, particularly important and present in
the media coverage in all areas, considering the irreparable damage
and consequences for people and their communities, regardless of
religion or nationality, or affiliation with a particular country or a
federation of countries. In the current scientific foundation, widely
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known is the fact that, during the last eighty years, about 9001 terrorist
organizations were registered, the groups that can be named as:
religious, left-wing, right-wing, anarchist, nationalist, separatist, and
others. They carried out around 9,5002 terrorist actions. The number
of people killed in the total number of terrorist actions carried out was
about 45,000 people, while the number of wounded was about
110,000 victims of terrorism.
The important features of the typical topic model
of scientific research of terrorism
Considering the mentioned statements, several questions are being
raised. First, the question of whether terrorism as a social and political
phenomenon can be scientifically researched. Second, if the answer to
the first question is affirmative, the question of whether it is even
possible to set a general topic model of scientific research of
terrorism. The answer is affirmative. In fact, terrorism, as well as
other phenomena, has to be, above all, noticed, manifested as other
real things. At the same time, it has to be distinguished from all other
phenomena of reality. As a specific political phenomenon, it occurs in
specific conditions, has its own structure, entities, objectives,
organization, duration and distribution, extent, frequency, intensity,
forms of manifestation, activities, methods and means, effects,
consequences and results, which is an essential condition for scientific
research of every phenomenon. Terrorism as a specific phenomenon
occurs by actions of people, individuals, groups, communities, states,
and the like, in relation to other people, individuals, groups and
communities, states, by exercising total or partial violence against
them.
In political theory, the methodology of political science in the
Republic of Serbia and other countries of former Yugoslavia, the
general research model of the structure of social and political
phenomena,3 is widely known and accepted, as applicable and
necessary in scientific research of terrorism. Terrorism as a social and
political phenomenon, a process and structure, is dynamic, and takes
place in a given political and state system, and in this context, it
                     
1 Source: MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base. Available at: URL: http://www.mipt.org/
2 Ibid.
3 The model was set up by the late Prof. Dr Slavomir Milosavljevic, a professor at the Fac-
ulty of Political Sciences in Belgrade, at the Department of Political Theory and Methodology,
which was then (and now) developed by other methodologists in the former Yugoslavia at all
faculties of social sciences.
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establishes and makes specific relationships with the given system
(systems). Terrorism, as well as many other phenomena, has a
processual and developing nature, which means making changes
through specific stages of development, starting from, on the one
hand, the emergence of the phenomena, its growth and strengthening,
to its culmination; and on the other hand, to stagnation, decline and
cessation, or a change into something else, or within something else.
The structure of the typical topic model
of scientific research of terrorism
Bearing in mind the above-mentioned statements, we can
emphasize our view that reads: it is possible and necessary to
scientifically research terrorism using a research topic model, as a
specific process, structure, system in relation to specific conditions,
entities, needs, motives, interests and goals, activities, methods and
means, effects, results and consequences. In this context, it is possible
both to imagine and practice the typical topic model of scientific
research of terrorism by using the following procedure:
1) Conditions for the exercise of terrorism always occur and are
being realized in specific conditions, which we understand as a set of
factors whose existence is the basis of realizing phenomena and the
manifestation of the characteristics of a specific phenomenon —
phenomena, thus, we can perceive numerous conditions and their
important factors, variety, multiplicity, and contradiction. We can
conclude that we have, on the one hand, the necessary and sufficient
conditions, and on the other hand, the other conditions. The necessary
conditions are the conditions without which the phenomenon —
phenomena could not occur or be realized. The sufficient conditions
are the conditions that ensure the establishment and realization of the
phenomenon as sui generis, temporally and spatially related. The
other conditions are in fact the conditions of presence, conditioned by
the factors of favorable — adverse situations, but they occur after
necessary and sufficient conditions. We will define necessary and
sufficient conditions as relevant, and the other as irrelevant
conditions. Then we can identify the conditions that are appropriate,
that stimulate the development and manifestation of terrorism, which
can be called favorable conditions, in contrast to those that do not
favor the realization of terrorism, which we define as unfavorable.
2) Terrorism entities include numerous participants who, directly
or indirectly, with more or less intensity, directivity, voluntary or
involuntary, participate in the exercise of terrorism. They can be
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classified according to the criteria of the role and position of entities,
according to the composition, according to the criteria of organization,
voluntariness, officiality, legality, legitimacy, activeness, orientation,
methods and means, as well as other classification criteria.
3) The needs, motives, interests, and goals of terrorism entities;
this means that they all have specific needs, motives, interests, goals,
individual, group, social, political, which they achieve by taking
actions in relation to specific conditions and situations. They can be
immediate, short-term, long-term, individual, group, organized,
spontaneous, in a particular community, at a particular time and place.
4) The activities of terrorism entities indicate a variety of activities
of terrorist entities, that is, the orientation towards the achievement of
specific interest i.e. this is the actual behavior in the process of
making and achieving important decisions and acts of terrorism,
which are performed in phases. A terrorist activity is characterized by
the presence of force, violence, coercion, intimidation.
5) The methods and means of terrorist organizations that are used
depending on the nature of the organization and the society, ranging
from propaganda means, to the use of firearms, explosive devices and
mines, mutilation, killings, horrendous beheadings, for example ISIL
in Syria, and the like. Methods and means are applied depending on
the situation and on possible and available funds.
6) The effects, results, and consequences of terrorism are realized
through various activities by terrorist entities and the entities of the
given community. The effects, results, and consequences can be
positive or negative, intended — unintended, maximal — minimal,
direct — indirect, functional — dysfunctional, aimed at maintaining,
improving or worsening the current situation in its totality or in partial
segments.
Conclusions
The typical topic model of scientific research of terrorism
necessarily imposes the need to scientifically investigate terrorism,
bearing in mind the conditions, entities and their motives, needs and
interests, the activities of terrorist entities, as well as the methods and
means used, and the effects, results, and consequences of terrorist
activities, at the given time and in the given area.
The application of the typical topic model of scientific research of
terrorism leads to scientific knowledge on terrorism and its
processing, development, determines the time of occurrence of
terrorism, its growth and culmination, and its stagnation, decline, in
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other words, the stages and phases of the development of terrorism as
specific social and political phenomena at the given time and in the
given areas.
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