Meanwhile in the Caucasus: Russian Troubles Continue
4 April 2016, Kingston, CA by Chris Murray General Philip Breedlove, commander of U.S. European Command, was in Georgia 22-23 March. While in Tbilisi Breedlove pushed hard on Georgia’s future…
Book Watch: Inferno in Chechnya: The Russian-Chechen Wars, the Al Qaeda Myth, and the Boston Marathon Bombings
Review by Chris Murray 2 December 2015, Kingston, CA Inferno in Chechnya: The Russian-Chechen Wars, the Al Qaeda Myth, and the Boston Marathon Bombings By Brian Glyn Williams; ForeEdge –…
Weekly Recap: Having no Russia might be more dangerous
26 Jul 2015, Kingston, CA by Chris Murray Since the startling events in Crimea early in 2014 Russia has been front and centre in Western discourse. A tremendous effort has…
DefRep Analysis: Putin learns the adage “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”
12 July 2015 – Kingston, CA by Chris Murray This past week the New York Times reported that there are now Chechen Fighters in Ukraine working to support the Ukrainian…
Book Watch: The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin by Gordon M. Hahn
Kingston, CA The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin: Global Jihadism in Russia’s North Caucasus and Beyond By Gordon M. Hahn; McFarland Publishing, 2014. USD 45.00 pISBN: 978-0-7864-7952-8 eISBN: 978-1-4766-1495-3 In October 2007,…
The Weekly Recap: Russia and the Syrian militant spillover
7 December 2013 – Ottawa, CA by Stewart Webb Fifteen Islamists were arrested last week in Moscow. In their possession were explosives, guns, ammunition, grenades and extremist literature. With the…