Broader, Vaguer, Weaker: The Evolving Ideology of the Caucasus Emirate Leadership
In October 2007, veteran Chechen field commander Dokka Umarov proclaimed the formation of the Caucasus Emirate (IK), formalising the victory of the North Caucasus…
In October 2007, veteran Chechen field commander Dokka Umarov proclaimed the formation of the Caucasus Emirate (IK), formalising the victory of the North Caucasus…
In December 2014, several high-ranking field commanders from the Caucasus Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz, IK), an insurgent and designated terrorist group in Russia’s North Caucasus,…
This workshop report is the third in a series of reports that tackle the implications of the demise of the Islamic State. CREST has…
Explaining the Ideological Evolution of Insurgencies: The North Caucasus, 2007-2015 by Mark Youngman. Youngman’s poster gives an overview of his research, which looks at…
Existing data on Russian-speaking groups and individuals linked to the Islamic State is often inaccurate, according to CREST Researcher Cerwyn Moore and ESRC-funded PhD…
This substantive report on Russian-speaking foreign fighters and Islamic State’s influence in the North Caucasus has been written by CREST Researcher Cerwyn Moore and…
This is the executive summary of a substantive report on Russian-speaking foreign fighters and Islamic State’s influence in the North Caucasus, by CREST Researcher…
This is the policy brief of a substantive report on Russian-speaking foreign fighters and Islamic State’s influence in the North Caucasus, written by CREST…
This workshop report is the second in a series of reports that tackle the implications of the demise of the Islamic State. CREST has…
What can the Islamist Caucasus Emirate group teach us about the ideology of insurgent groups? CREST Associate Researcher Mark Youngman seeks to find out,…
IS weren’t the first to try and build a state. Mark Youngman looks at the decline of the North Caucasus insurgency to see what…
The investigation into the 3 April terrorist attack on the St Petersburg metro has focused on a man of Central Asian origin with possible…