Bringing the war home: the strategic logic of ‘North Caucasian terrorism’ in Russia

Vassily A. Klimentov

Small Wars and Insurgencies, 2021, vol. 32, issue 2, 374-408

Abstract: Terrorism connected to the North Caucasus has been pervasive in Russia between 1992 and 2018. Based on an original dataset, this article presents statistics on rates of terrorist attacks outside of the North Caucasus, their geography and targets, and the tactics used. It argues that terrorism by North Caucasian insurgents has long retained a strategic logic despite their conversion to radical Islamism. Accordingly, the end of North Caucasian terrorism was determined by the erosion of its strategic character as an increasingly vague ideological project replaced concrete political goals among the insurgents.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2020.1788749

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