More: Caucasus
Chechnya’s Terrorist Network: The Evolution of Terrorism in Russia’s North Caucasus
Elena Pokalova. CHECHNYA’S TERRORIST NETWORK: The Evolution of Terrorism in Russia’s North Caucasus. 2015 With the rise of terrorism in the Russian Federation, many...
Playing Chess, Not Checkers: Russian Responses to U.S. Hegemony in Kind
Few would argue that Russia’s recent display of military assertiveness, in both its hybrid confrontation in Ukraine and recent intervention in Syria, is antithetical...
The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin Global Jihadism in Russia’s North Caucasus and Beyond
Research on the insurgency and the appearance of local jihadist groups within the North Caucasus after the dissolution of the Soviet Union has been...
Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh: An unlikely and unwanted scenario
The April shootouts in Nagorno-Karabakh that took dozens of lives from each side signaled to the world community that the conflict around the above-mentioned...
Suicidal Nuclear Gambit on Caucasus
Nuclear security is seemingly in the vanguard of global attention, but the large framework of international provisions is increasingly perceived as a toothless tiger....
Is Caucasus the next Syria – Don’t forget OSCE
The recent all-shoot out in Azerbaijan between the ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijani forces brought yet another round of casualties, psychological traumas and property destructions....
The Caucasian Cold War
The phrase ‘Cold War’ typically brings about thoughts of a worldwide geopolitical struggle. However there is a new ‘Cold War’ brewing in the Caucasus...
Security and Stability in the Southern Caucasus
More than twenty years ago, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Recommendation 1247 (1994). The Recommendation read: “In view of their...
Haunted by war: Nagorno-Karabakh
No formal or international recognition of sovereignty, no peace and no solution in foreseeable future. The international importance of territory and the whole region...
World powers must abandon double standard policies
Ms. Najiba Mustafayeva, PhD candidate in International Law, Expert at the Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan,...