This book examines on the basis of empirical studies, the rise if terrorism,secessionism and ethenic conflicts in the beginning of the 21st century in the entire belt of Eurasia. If you peel off this hard surface,and do strip mining, You come come across various layers beneath the surface. These layers include the imperialist policy of 'divide and rule' in the colonial period; accentuation of conflictsby the vested interests of the cold war period; moral and material support including supply of massive military hardware by certain foreign powers and above all the new nexus which has developed between terrorists,drug mafia, illicit arms dealers and criminals.