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Economic crisis looms in the North Caucasus

By Natalia Konarzewska (19/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) The North Caucasus is the Russian Federation’s most economically impoverished region, as well as the most dependent on government revenues....

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A weakened insurgency precludes IS inroads to the North Caucasus

By Emil Aslan Souleimanov (02/09/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) Recent months have seen North Caucasian amirs pledging allegiance to the terrorist group calling itself the Islamic State (ISIS). Many...

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Russia's Syria initiative and the exaggerated ISIS threat to Central Asia

By Emil Aslan Souleimanov September 25th, 2015, The CACI Analyst Russia’s recent military engagement in Syria and calls for the establishment of an international coalition against the terrorist group...

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The North Caucasus and Russia's Middle East policy

By Stephen Blank July 1st, 2016, The CACI Analyst Despite the ongoing terrorist insurgency, Russian officials claim significant progress in pacifying and reintegrating the North Caucasus. For example,...

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The North Caucasus insurgency: weakened but not eradicated

By Emil Aslan Souleimanov October 6th, 2016, The CACI Analyst The North Caucasus insurgency has weakened dramatically in recent years. While Chechnya-based jihadist groups now number a few dozen...

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Revival of Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus?

By Huseyn Aliyev October 14th, 2016, The CACI Analyst The last week of August 2016 saw two large-scale Counter-Terrorist Operations (CTOs) in the North Caucasus republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and...

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Islamic State-inspired attacks continue in Chechnya

By Huseyn Aliyev February 7, 2017, the CACI Analyst On December 17, 2016, a shootout in central Grozny between members of the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...

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Leadership Change in Dagestan

 By Natalia Konarzewska February 20, 2018, the CACI Analyst In late September, Ramazan Abdulatipov announced his decision to step down from his post as the head of the Republic of Dagestan. Abdulatipov...

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Continued Reshuffle in Dagestan's Government

 By Huseyn Aliyev May 14, 2018, the CACI Analyst Since February 2018, Russian authorities have arrested several dozen top government officials on charges of large-scale financial fraud. Following a...

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Emerging North Caucasus Civil Society Presents New Challenges for Authorities

By Neil Hauer November 8, 2019, the CACI Analyst The summer of 2019 saw a crackdown on civil society across the North Caucasus. Ingushetia experienced the most severe repressions, with more than 30...

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