The article explores the broad social and relational drivers behind mobilization of Chechens
into armed jihad in the Levant. It suggests that the core mobilizing tool in a process toward …

This article examines how understandings of the rule of law are shaped in the Chechen
diaspora in Norway. Taking as our point of departure studies of legal pluralism and the co …

The paper analyzes the state and dynamics of key actors and institutions that regulate the
use of resources within the protected areas of the North Caucasus, using the examples of …

The study of paradiplomacy—the international relations of sub-state regions—has devoted
its attention to understanding the ways opportunity structures shape regions' external …

Following the appearance of the first reports of Chechen involvement in the Syrian conflict in
2012 and the subsequent large-scale migration of foreign fighters to the Middle East …

The Jamestown Foundation's mission is to inform and educate policy makers and the
broader community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or …

El presente artículo ofrece una visión sobre el fenómeno terrorista que, desde hace
aproximadamente tres décadas, lleva sacudiendo la región rusa del Cáucaso Norte. El …

With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the North Caucasus became, from the perspective of
the Russian federal centre, a politically unstable and at times rather violent borderland. This …

I kjølvannet av terrorangrepene 11. september utviklet det seg et partnerskap mellom USA
og Putins Russland. I dag synes det selvfølgelig at partnerskapet ikke ville vare. Men hvorfor …

This chapter explores how kinship relations have functioned as a source of social power in
Chechnya and, since the end of the second post-Soviet Chechen war, constituted a bond …