Winning Hearts and Minds: Population-centric Counterinsurgency in the North Caucasus Federal District
Journal: Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University
Year: 2013

In International Relations, war and security comprise a large role because it generally affects multiple countries. The insurgency in the North Caucasus Federal District is not only a threat to stability in the region or the Russian Federation, but to international peace and security as a whole. The Caucasus Emirate terrorist organization has declared jihad against the Russian government and any country or individual which they consider wages war against “Muslims”.\n\nSince the fall of the Sovie