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Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Russias Neighbourhood Policy the case of Abkhazia

The signing of the treaty on alliance and strategic partnership marks the culmination of the tactic Russia has been employing with regard to Abkhazia since May.
Point of View | | Maciej Falkowski

On the periphery of global jihad The North Caucasus the illusion of stabilisation

The situation in the North Caucasus has stabilised, in comparison with previous years, mainly as regards the activity of the Islamic military underground.
OSW Studies | | Józef Lang, Maciej Falkowski

Hostages to Moscow clients of Beijing Security in Central Asia as the role of the West diminishes

The end of the Western military presence in Central Asia will mean the West’s influence on the security sphere in the region will be marginalised.
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Militants of the North Caucasus have a new leader

The first non-Chechen leader of the Caucasian militants marks the culmination of a trend shifting the weight of fighting in the Caucasus from Chechnya to Dagestan.
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Volgograd the Jihad of ideological amateurs

Many factors indicate that the militant underground in the Caucasus is essentially different to the one operating there a few years ago.
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski, Piotr Żochowski

Volgograd terrorist attacks in the pre-Olympic period

The escalation of violence could not only destabilise the internal situation in Russia, but also threaten the calm conduct of the Games themselves.
OSW Studies | | Maciej Falkowski

The Tribal Areas of the Caucasus The North Caucasus – an enclave of alien civilisation within the Russian Federation

Militant Islam is the greatest threat to stability in the North Caucasus. However, it is merely a symptom of a much wider process, namely the widening civilisational gap between Russia and the North Caucasus. As a result, the North…
Point of View | | Maciej Falkowski

Chechnya Between a Caucasian Jihad and hidden separatism

1. Even though Chechnya remains the most unstable republic in the Russian North Caucasus, the open armed conflict known as the Second Chechen War, which broke out in the autumn of 1999, is gradually dying down.…
OSW Studies | | Maciej Falkowski

Russias policy in the Southern Caucasus and Central Asia

The Southern Caucasus and Central Asia are priority areas for the foreign policy of the Russian Federation. Russia mainly sees its influence in both regions as an important factor determining its international stature, and as a…
OSW Studies | | Maciej Falkowski

North Caucasus the Russian Gordian knot The key problems and conflicts in the region and the effect thereof on the future of Russia

North Caucasus is the most instable part of the Russian Federation: since the early 90's, there has been going on the military conflict in Chechnya, which is gradually spilling over into the other republics of the region, terrorism seems…