The geopolitics of terrorism: Russia's conflict with Islamic extremism

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-196

  Russell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basayev; Beslan; Chechenization; Chechnya; GWOT; Islamic fundamentalism; Kadyrov; Maskhadov; Nord Ost; North Caucasus; Putin; Russia; Sechin; Shanghai Cooperation Organization; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; ISLAMISM; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; SELF DETERMINATION; SEPARATISM; TERRORISM; WAR;

CAUCASUS; CHECHNYA; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 67649946634     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.2.184     Document Type: Article

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