What the Second Chechen War tells us about Russia’s ‘War on Terror’ today
... talk was received as evidence of Western hypocrisy in the ‘war on terror’. Moscow’s hopes for improved counterterrorism cooperation with the US also proved exaggerated. Given residual Cold War mistrust, Russian officials actually expected ... ... important as NATO expansion simply seemed far-fetched. REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti Michael Kofman: Six Key Trends in Russian Foreign Policy, as Seen by the West Just as Russia’s past attempts to describe its Chechnya campaign as a fight ...
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