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Tagged: North Caucasus

  • Nationalities Papers- The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity
    • in Prevention · Regions · Research · World

    Protecting the state: Russian repressive tactics in the North Caucasus

    Journal abstract Since the end of the second Chechen campaign, the North Caucasus counterinsurgency has experienced the shift from military involvement toward prevalence of law enforcement instruments. This paper discusses[…]

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    The Caucasus Emirate flag
    • in Guides

    Guide: The Caucasus Emirate

    The Caucasus Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz) was the main insurgent group operating in the North Caucasus between 2007 and 2015. However, the deaths of key ideologues, intense pressure from the security[…]

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  • terrorism-and-political-violence
    • in Regions · Research · World

    Voices of the “Caucasus Emirate”: Mapping and Analyzing North Caucasus Insurgency Websites

    Journal abstract This article looks at Internet use by insurgent groups in the North Caucasus in the context of a regional diffusion of violence. Using a mixed methods research design[…]

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    A Chechen fighter with a Borz submachine gun, 1995
    • in Debate

    Explainer: The Chechen Conflict

    Although violence has declined significantly in recent years, foreign fighters and ideologues continue to reference “jihad” in Chechnya and many Russian-speaking fighters in Syria have previous experience of the North[…]

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  • terrorism-and-political-violence
    • in Groups · Research

    Broader, vaguer, weaker: The evolving ideology of the Caucasus Emirate leadership

    Journal abstract In October 2007, veteran Chechen field commander Dokka Umarov proclaimed the formation of the Caucasus Emirate (IK), formalising the victory of the North Caucasus insurgency’s Islamist wing over[…]

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    • in Groups · Research

    Between Caucasus and caliphate: the splintering of the North Caucasus insurgency

    Journal abstract In December 2014, several high-ranking field commanders from the Caucasus Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz, IK), an insurgent and designated terrorist group in Russia’s North Caucasus, pledged allegiance to the[…]

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  • europe asia studies
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    Suicide Bombing: Chechnya, the North Caucasus and Martyrdom

    Journal abstract This essay analyses Chechen-related suicide attacks, locating them within the historical and political context of the anti-Russian insurgency in the North Caucasus and the different factions of the[…]

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    • in Research · World

    The Al Qaeda brand: The strategic use of the “terrorist” label

    Journal abstract Al Qaeda leaders have consistently praised the Chechen insurgents as an exemplary front of global jihad. Ayman al-Zawahiri recently applauded the steadfastness of the Chechen rebels and indicated[…]

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    • in Groups · Ideologies · Regions · Research · World

    Making jihad or making money? Understanding the transformation of Dagestan’s jamaats into organised crime groups

    Journal Abstract While terrorist and insurgent groups have often combined anti-state subversion with ‘purely‘ criminal activities in order to obtain the financial means to wage their ideological struggle, little is[…]

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    Terrorism and Political Violence
    • in Pathways to radicalisation · Regions · Research · World

    Foreign Bodies: Transnational Activism, the Insurgency in the North Caucasus and “Beyond”

    Journal abstract This article examines foreign fighters and the insurgency in the North Caucasus. The first part of the article addresses conceptual issues concerning the ways that foreign fighters are[…]

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