The fire below
Subtitle: how the Caucasus shaped Russia
By: edited by Robert Bruce Ware
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781441160867; 9781441107930
Subjects: Politics and government; Relations
Description: "This groundbreaking work examines the complex dynamics of Russia's relations with the Caucasus, revealing the profound effects that Caucasian forces have had upon Russia's development. Essays show how Georgian sparks ignited conflagrations in South Ossetia (1991-1992) and Abkhazia (1992-1993), spreading northward to conflicts in Ossetia and Ingushetia (1992) and Chechnya (1994-1996). Combined with jihadist influences that entered from the South and East by way of Dagestan, these events culminated in the second Russo-Chechen war (1999-2009). Chechnya transformed both the Russian military and the presidency of Vladimir Putin. Beginning in 2000, Putin's Chechenization strategy had unforeseen and controversial results for the entire Russian Federation. These ironies are elucidated in case studies of the Stavropol region, the Sochi Olympics, the Pussy Riot conviction, and Russia's efforts to reintegrate religion with politics against the backdrop of an emerging Islamic "inner abroad." Neither Russia nor the Caucasus can be understood without an appreciation of their uneasy interconnection and its explosive consequences."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: How has the Caucasus shaped Russia? / Robert Bruce Ware; title: Caucasian causation. Enter the memes / Patrick Armstrong ; Caucasian crescent: Russia's islamic policies and its responses to radicalization / Domitilla Sagramoso and Akhmet Yarlykapov ; War in the Caucasus: moving the Russian military into the 21st century / Lt. col. Robert W. Schaefer and 1lt Andrei Doohovskoy; title: Caucasian consequences. Russia's canary in the North Caucasus' mine: Stavropol'skii krai / Andrew Foxall ; Blowback: Chechnya and the challenges of Russian politics / Richard Sakwa ; Preparations for the Sochi olympics / Walter Richmond; title: Caucasian crosscurrents. Islam and orthodox Christianity in the Caucasus: from antagonism to partnership / Nicolai N. Petro ; The Northeastern Caucasus: drifting away from Russia / Anna Matveeva; title: Conclusion: How has the Caucasus shaped Russia? / Robert Bruce Ware.