The Criminal-Terror Nexus in Chechnya: A Historical, Social, and Religious Analysis

Jeff Meyers

doi:10.5771/9781498539319

Summary

The line between criminal and terrorist groups is often blurred, and Chechen groups are an excellent example of this new phenomenon. As the Soviet Union collapsed, groups began to fill the cracks offering services that the state could not. The Chechens were one group that outrivaled many groups, and they soon became synonymous throughout the Russian Federation with criminal. This work looks into the historical, social, and religious reasons behind the rise of militant Islam in the region.

From there, it will discuss the historical difference between organized crime and terror, how the two have coalesced into the crime-terror nexus, and how the Chechens compare to two other groups that have gone through the same evolution: The Sicilian mafia, and the militant Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, or IMU. Though neither group are exactly the same, there are links that can help the reader understand the domestic and foreign problems that twenty-first century nation-states deal with throughout the world.

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Edition: 1/2017
Copyright Year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-3930-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-3931-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 215
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter One: The Honorable Bandits No access Pages 15 - 74
Chapter Two: Crime and the Chechen Brand No access Pages 75 - 124
Chapter Three: The Intersection of Crime and Terror, Interregnum, the War, and the Kadyrovs No access Pages 125 - 168
Chapter Four: Sicily and the IMU No access Pages 169 - 184
Conclusion No access Pages 185 - 196
Bibliography No access Pages 197 - 210
Index No access Pages 211 - 214
About the Author No access Pages 215 - 215