ISIS: a Threat to the Greater Caucasus

... Atlantic one) to terrorist activities committed under the banner of radical Islamism [1] . In the summer and autumn of 2014, the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist grouping identified Russia and the Caucasus region as targets for its struggle [2] . How dangerous ... ... Islamist underground, such as Aliaskhab Kebekov, the ringleader of the terrorist Caucasus Emirate, were eliminated [6] . In Azerbaijan, religious radicals have been split (in the southern part, they look up to Iran and Shiite Islam, while in the northern ...