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

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

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

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

by Jeff Meyers

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781498539302
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 04/12/2017
Pages: 222
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jeff Meyers is assistant professor of history and political science at Kenai Peninsula College.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Honorable Banditz
Chapter 2 Crime and the Chechen “Brand”
Chapter 3: The Intersection of Crime and Terror, Interregnum, the War, and the Kadyrovs
Chapter 4: Sicily and the IMU
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