The Impact of Jihadist Foreign Fighters on Indigenous Secular-Nationalist Causes: Contrasting Chechnya and Syria

Rich, Ben; Conduit, Dara

doi:10.4324/9781315099583-5

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“…British political scientist Roland Dannreuther advanced a similar argument, writing that the Islamization of the insurrectionist movement in the Northern Caucasus is associated with its integration into global, transnational jihad (Dannreuther 2010, 109-26). The Australian researchers Ben Rich and Dara Conduit reached essentially the same conclusions, writing that the armed Chechen paramilitary opposition proved subject to foreign Salafist framing (Rich 2015). At the same time, both Domitilla Sagramoso and Roland Dannreuther note that the movement of North Caucasian fighters was initially caused by local social and political problems.…”

Section: Jihad In the Northern Caucasus: Regional Or Global? A Brief mentioning

confidence: 82%

The Ideology of Russian-Language Jihadism before ISIS: Treating the Soviet Past as the Origin of Post-Soviet Radicalism

Garaev¹

2018

SRC

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Section: Jihad In the Northern Caucasus: Regional Or Global? A Brief mentioning

confidence: 82%

The Ideology of Russian-Language Jihadism before ISIS: Treating the Soviet Past as the Origin of Post-Soviet Radicalism

Garaev¹

2018

SRC

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“…In conflicts as varied as Bosnia, Chechnya, and the recent insurgency in Iraq, local rebels have often unwelcomed help from outside for fear of such distraction (Mitchell, 2008; Phillips, 2009; Rich & Conduit, 2015; Tumelty, 2006). Recruited as military strategists, weapons experts, or foot soldiers, foreign fighters tend to delay, distort, or completely derail the indigenous agenda once arrived (Rich & Conduit, 2015). They have often been found to shift the focus from internal, largely secular-nationalistic struggle to an externally inspired religious-extremist one.…”

Section: Distinct Militantsmentioning

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Guest warriors: The phenomenon of post-soviet fighters in the Syrian conflict

Sakiev

2020

Journal of Eurasian Studies

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A puzzling aspect of the Syrian war has been the seemingly endless infusion of foreign fighters who have fueled and sustained the conflict. Unique among these are the militants from former Soviet regions such as Northern Caucasus in Russia and republics of Central Asia. In the evolving complexity of a layered and multifaceted conflict, it is easy to overlook the incongruousness of their presence in the conflict. Unlike most other foreign fighters, including those joining from Western Europe and North America, the post-Soviet militants lack the ethno-linguistic ties to the region. Rather, they hail from areas steeped in comparatively secular traditions and largely detached from the central tenants of the Syrian war. This makes their presence among extremist groups, such as the Islamic State, somewhat intriguing and anomalous. A key question, therefore, is why would these individuals join what to them in many ways is an alien war with extremely prohibitive costs? This articles proposes, as complementary to the dominant religious-ideological accounts, an explanation rooted in the enabling effect of marginalization processes in militants’ domestic settings.

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“…The opposing camp was represented by Salafi-jihadists, a highly disciplined and tight-knit community of ethnic-Chechens and foreign fighters. Salafi-jihadists, who had acquired fame for military successes in the 1994-1996 war, disputed the very legitimacy of Chechen nation-state, which they considered un-Islamic, calling for the establishment of a Salafi theocracy instead (Rich and Conduit 2015;Wilhelmsen 2005).…”

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Why Do De Facto States Fail?

Aliyev

Souleimanov

2017

Problems of Post-Communism

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This study seeks to improve our understanding of the causes leading to the failure of de facto states. In contrast to the voluminous body of literature on sovereign state failure, the process of de facto state's failure remains under-researched. Drawing upon the existing research on state failure and de facto statehood, we narrow down our theoretical explanations to a set of causes related to civil conflict, tribalism and economic crisis. More specifically, we aim to examine the effect of tribalism, warlordism, ideological fractionalisation and economic deficiencies upon the collapse and failure of de facto entities. We employ the case study of the interwar Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1996)(1997)(1998)(1999) to demonstrate how the above detailed factors contributed towards the collapse of a de facto state.

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The Impact of Jihadist Foreign Fighters on Indigenous Secular-Nationalist Causes: Contrasting Chechnya and Syria

Cited by 7 publications

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The Ideology of Russian-Language Jihadism before ISIS: Treating the Soviet Past as the Origin of Post-Soviet Radicalism

The Ideology of Russian-Language Jihadism before ISIS: Treating the Soviet Past as the Origin of Post-Soviet Radicalism

Guest warriors: The phenomenon of post-soviet fighters in the Syrian conflict

Why Do De Facto States Fail?

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