This essay shows how the various Islamic communities or jamaats that emerged in the
Muslim republics of the Russian North Caucasus during the early 1990s have evolved since …

This article provides an in-depth literature review of the different trends and debates in the
English academic literature on the violent conflicts in the North Caucasus during the post …

Following the break-up of the USSR in 1991 the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus–
corresponding to present-day Azerbaijan and the Russian North Caucasus–have been in a …

The Caucasus is defined by its magnificent mountains, its location between the Caspian and
Black Seas and its belonging, both geographically and culturally, to both the Near/Middle …

Abstract In post-Soviet Russia, changing migration patterns have led to the formation of
Muslim communities in new regions, and to increased contacts between Russian and …

Ideology has fallen badly out of fashion. In the study of political violence in particular, it is
often pushed to the margins, and there is considerable scepticism over its importance. Yet …

The violence in the North Caucasus underwent a significant evolution over the past
decades, as a separatist and nationalist movement based in the republic of Chechnya …

This chapter applies a historical perspective to analyse the evolution of the social order
among various peoples of the northern Caucasus in the period between the seventh and …

How does state repression of non-militant Muslims contribute to violent Islamism in the North
Caucasus? This article considers the case of the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, where …

In the 2000s, relations between an overt Islamic social movement and religious and political
authorities in the southern Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria became increasingly …