
Category: South Caucasus


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REPORT, Part 1: What Is Post-Sovietness (Or Kakaya raznitsa in Post-Sovietistan)?

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Russia, the West, and Recent Geoeconomics in Europe’s Gas Wars

2008 Georgian War Disinformation Disinformation Campaign Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili NATO NATO expansion Putin Putin's Foreign Policy Russia Russian Foreign Policy South Caucasus South Ossetiya Stratcomm Strategic Communication Strategic Communications
The 2008 Georgian-Ossetian/Russian War: Saakashvili’s Strategic Communications/ Disinformation Campaign

American-Azerbaijani relations Eurasia Eurasian politics Ilham Aliyev Nagorno-Karabagh Nagorono-Karabakh NATO NATO expansion Putin Putin's Foreign Policy Russia Russian Foreign Policy Russian politics Security Dilemma South Caucasus Southern Caucasus Transcaucasus US-Azerbaijan relations US-Azerbaijan-Armenian relations US-Russian Relations
IN MEDIA: Gordon M. Hahn’s Interview for Azeri Today on Russian-American Relations

Abu Mohammed Asem al-Maqdisi Al Qaeda Ali Abu Muhammad ad-Dagistani (Aliaskhab Kebekov) AQ Azerbaijan Caucasus Emirate Central Asia Chechen Islamism Chechnya Dagestan Doku Umarov Feizullah Margoshvili Global Jihad Global Jihadi Revolutionary Movement Global Jihadism Grand Alliance against Global Jihadism Imarat Kavkaz Ingushetiya International Relations Iraq ISIS Islam in Russia Islamic State Islamic State in Russia Islamism Jabhat al-Nusra Jabhat Ansarrudin (JAD) Jeish al-Muhajirin wal-Ansar Jihadism JMA Jund al-Khalifat Kabardino-Balkariya Magomed Suleimanov North Caucasus Putin Putin's Domestic Policy Revolution Russia Russia's Muslim republics Russian Domestic Policy Russian Foreign Policy Russian politics Russian Syria Intervention Salahuddin al-Shishani South Caucasus Syria Tarkhan Batirashvili Terrorism War against Jihadism
Gordon M. Hahn’s Congressional Testimony Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security’s Sub-Committee on Intelligence and Security, U.S. Congress April 3, 2014

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REPORT: U.S.-Russian Relations and the War Against Jihadism

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Jihadi Target – ‘Eurasia’: The Islamic State’s New Russian-Language Journals

2008 Georgian War DC Consensus George W. Bush Georgia NATO expansion North Ossetiya Russia Saakashvili South Caucasus South Ossetiya Ukraine Ultra-Nationalism US-Russian Relations
Another Warning on the Results of NATO Expansion, 2008

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How Many North Caucasian Mujahedin Are Fighting in Iraq and Syria?

Ali Abu Muhammad ad-Dagistani (Aliaskhab Kebekov) Caucasus Emirate Chechnya Dagestan Doku Umarov Feizullah Margoshvili Georgia Global Jihad Global Jihadism Iraq ISIL ISIS Islam in Russia Islamic State Islamism Jabhat al-Nusra Jeish al-Muhajirin wal-Ansar Jihadism Kabardino-Balkariya Karachaevo-Cherkessiya North Caucasus Russia Salahuddin al-Shishani South Caucasus Syria Tarkhan Batirashvili Terrorism Umar al-Shishani
Caucasus Emirate-tied Jeish al-Muhajirin wal-Ansar Makes Gains in Syria, March 2015

My Recent Interviews on Geopolitics in the South Caucasus for Armenian Media

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