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...
View ArticleRussia'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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleRevival 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...
View ArticleIslamic 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)...
View ArticleLeadership 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...
View ArticleContinued 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...
View ArticleEmerging 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...
View ArticleQuelling Anti-Mobilization Unrest in Dagestan
By Alexander Yeo October 27, 2022 The eruption of protests in Dagestan, followed by an announced/organized protest that failed to materialize, reveal an opposition in flux and a local regime...
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