I conduct the research about the Russia's State Terrorism in the Region. More specifically I will compare the state terrorism notion in the context of Russia and Turkey's internal and foreign policies.
Though Iran focused, Nader Uskowi’s “Temperature Rising: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Wars in the Middle East” offers a great surface level understanding of a developed state actor to a proxy. Many of his sources are interesting reads as well. Available through Amazon.
Blakeley, R. (2009): State Terrorism in the Social Sciences: Theories, Methods and Concepts. In: Jackson, Richard and Murphy, Eamon and Poynting, Scott, eds. Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice. Critical Terrorism Studies: Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 12-27.
Blakeley, R. (2009): State Terrorism and Neoliberalism. The North in the South. Series: Critical Terrorism Studies, Routledge, Oxon