Terrorism in the former Soviet Union: A primer, a puzzle, a prognosis

1 January 1998

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

Vol. 21 (2) , 119-147
https://doi.org/10.1080/10576109808436059

Abstract

This article examines political terrorist activity in the fifteen newly independent states of the former Soviet Union and the problems that security and terrorism analysts will encounter when assessing this activity. It introduces the reader to a form of terrorism known as “blood‐feud terrorism.” The geographic focus of the article is the southern Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia; the regions of Abkhazia and Marneuli in Georgia; Azerbaijan; and Tajikistan. Collectively, these areas have the potential of replacing the Middle East as the primary generator of international headaches, international crises, and international terrorism.

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