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Dagestan: Russia's most troublesome republic: political and religious developments on the "Mountain of Tongues"
Dagestan: Russlands schwierigste Teilrepublik: politische und religiöse Entwicklung am "Berg der Sprachen"
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Abstract Since 2014 the Ukraine conflict has overshadowed Russia's North Caucasus issues, both within the country and abroad. Yet on its Caucasian margins, the Russian state continues to find itself confronted with challenges that affect its internal security and stability as a multi-ethnic state. Dagestan, ... view more
Since 2014 the Ukraine conflict has overshadowed Russia's North Caucasus issues, both within the country and abroad. Yet on its Caucasian margins, the Russian state continues to find itself confronted with challenges that affect its internal security and stability as a multi-ethnic state. Dagestan, the largest of the Caucasian republics, has become a flashpoint between security forces and the armed insurgency during the past five years, while changes in Islamist leadership have made it the ideological and logistical centre of North Caucasian jihadism; in this respect it has in fact overtaken Chechnya. What impact did the Chechen wars have on neighbouring Dagestan? How has the religious 'rebirth' since the end of the Soviet Union proceeded in this part of Russia, where Islam is more deeply rooted than anywhere elsewhere in the Federation? How does Dagestan's great ethnic diversity affect its political and social life? This study addresses these questions, exploring the problems that make Dagestan stand out as Russia's most troublesome republic. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Russia; Caucasus region; political development; ethnic relations; ethnic conflict; political conflict; Islamization; radicalization; fundamentalism; terrorism; socioeconomic development; USSR successor state
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Dagestan (Respublika); Nationalitätenprobleme
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
26 p.
Series
SWP Research Paper, 7/2015
ISSN
1863-1053
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications