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North Caucasus — a Wall Against or a Bridge for IS?

... outlook, provide IS with its main link to “global jihad” (even as they may comprise no more than a quarter of all foreign fighters) plays a crucial role. As for militants from various local fronts — both from Muslim states in the broader Middle East (who make up a majority of foreign fighters) and from areas of low-intensity, Islamist-separatist conflicts on the periphery of Muslim-minority states in Asia and Eurasia (including Russia’s North Caucasus) — they appear to be ...

03.07.2015

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Caliphate Reincarnation

... radical Islamist groups that split off from Al-Qaeda of Iraq. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the spiritual leader and close associate of Osama bin Laden, took an active part in creating the organization. The Slate Group, By Joshua Keating and Chris Kirk The Middle East Friendship Chart. Infographics It is well-known that until 2013, the Islamic State grouping was regarded as an ordinary Sunni autonomous armed unit and numbered no more than four thousand people [2] . It was made up of mostly former soldiers ...

29.10.2014

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)