TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Bringing the war home: the strategic logic of 'North Caucasian terrorism' in Russia JO - Small wars and insurgencies A1 - Klimentov, V.A. SP - 1 EP - 35 VL - IS - N2 - Terrorism connected to the North Caucasus has been pervasive in Russia between 1992 and 2018. Based on an original dataset, this article presents statistics on rates of terrorist attacks outside of the North Caucasus, their geography and targets, and the tactics used. It argues that terrorism by North Caucasian insurgents has retained a strategic logic despite their conversion to radical Islamism. Accordingly, the erosion of its strategic logic was the principal factor that determined the end of North Caucasian terrorism is a case that allow analysts to examine. © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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LA - en SN - 0959-2318 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2020.1788749 ID - ref1 ER -