Boston Marathon Horror and Another Blowback? Balkans, Caucasus and Washington Intrigues Vojin Joksimovich, PhD Modern Tokyo Times Blowback The term blowback became a part of my vocabulary after I read Chalmers Johnson’s book: Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire. The late Chalmers Johnson was my neighbor. He sent me a copy of [...]
US, Turkey and Syria: Kerry will be asking all the wrong questions to Erdogan Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Erdogan, is once more embroiling himself with more rhetoric towards a regional nation. This time his comments are aimed at Israel but it could easily have [...]
Chechen and Caucasus Islamists in Syria: Turkey, Russian Federation and UK Policies Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times United Kingdom It is odious for the British government to claim that you have to support “a so-called third force” in Syria, while the secular government of this nation is fighting international jihadists, [...]
Chechen connection with Al Nusrah Front in Syria is growing: Eyes on Turkey and concern in Russia Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times International Sunni Islamists are flocking to Syria in increasing numbers and the nations they are coming from keeps on growing in diversity. Some so-called jihadists are naïve and [...]
Dagestan in the Russian Federation and Islamism: self-defense units on the agenda Jibril Khoury and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation in the Caucasus region continues to be challenged by Islamism whereby two powerful forces are at play. One applies to the Islamist dream of dismantling parts of the Russian Federation in [...]
Salafists killing Sufi leaders in the Russian Federation: Syria and the mosaic also threatened Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The conflict in Syria may appear to be distant from the lives of American nationals and the same applies to France and the United Kingdom. Yet the national governments of these nations [...]
Russian Federation: Doku Umarov an Islamic terrorist vows to stop civilian attacks Murad Makhmudov and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Russian Federation faces many internal problems in the North Caucasus region because of Islamic terrorism, civil wars, nationalism, criminality, kidnappings, and many unsavory factors. Therefore, this instability led to many convulsions whereby military [...]
Rebels Battle Security Forces in Chechnya, While Moscow Bolsters the Military in the Republic Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 8 By: Mairbek Vatchagaev The Jamestown Foundation In accordance with a tradition that has been in place since 2005, Ramzan Kadyrov rang in 2012 with his estimate of the number of insurgents in Chechnya. [...]
Insurgency-Related Incidents Reported In Four Republics of North Caucasus Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 185 By: The Jamestown Foundation Two suspected rebels were killed in Kabardino-Balkaria today (October 7), during a special operation in the city of Tyrnyauz. The operation began yesterday, when police blockaded a group of four suspected militants in a [...]
Georgia-Russia: Learn to Live like Neighbours International Crisis Group OVERVIEW Three years after their August 2008 war over the South Ossetia region, tension is growing again between Russia and Georgia, and talks are needed to restore stability and create positive momentum in a situation that is fragile and potentially explosive. Diplomatic relations are suspended, and [...]
Armenia Passes International Nuclear Safety Test Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 142 By: Emil Danielyan The Jamestown Foundation A team of international inspectors acting under the aegis of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has given a largely positive assessment of the operational safety of Armenia’s Metsamor nuclear power plant. [...]
Georgia: The Javakheti Region’s Integration Challenges International Crisis Group OVERVIEW The mostly Armenian-populated Javakheti region, along the southern border with Armenia and Turkey, has been a potential flashpoint since Georgia’s 1991 independence, when a paramilitary group practically ran it, and physical links with the rest of the country were weak. After the 2008 Georgia-Russia war, [...]
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