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The Chechen conflict and the Russian war on terror: an IN-OUT shaping of foreign policy
| Resumo: | After the end of Cold War new security challenges became more prominent to the international security agenda such as terrorism. This phenomenon is not new, but its international component is, i.e., terrorism was first used for ethno-nationalist purposes (domestic terrorism). The terrorist threat after the Cold War is perpetrated by terrorist organisations outside the country, or by organisations linked to foreign terrorist organisations, most of them with “religious” claims. International Terrorism became prominent in Security Studies after the terrorist attacks in the United States (US), in September 2001. Our analysis focuses on how terrorism affects the Russian foreign policy, namely the Kremlin’s anti-terrorism policy, by taking into consideration the Russian domestic context of the North Caucasus. We stress that terrorism is, at the same time, an internal and external threat to the state. The Russian Federation has this premise very much present as it has been dealing with international terrorism inside its borders since 1998 officially. The Chechen secessionist movement that began as a secular movement has found inspiration in Islamist teachings and has radicalised. After the end of the First Chechen War (1996) the influence of foreign fighters was palpable not only in Chechnya, but throughout the North Caucasus region. In 2007, a terrorist organisation — the Caucasus Emirate (CE) — was created in Dagestan. Last year, it pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State of Syria and Levant (ISIL). The latter has declared jihad against Russia. Having territorial integrity and sovereignty as the Russia main national interests, this dissertation stresses the link between the Chechen separatist movement and the Russian anti-terrorism policy, namely how the “securitisation” of the Chechen separatism as an internal-external (IN-OUT) threat and the Russian intervention in Syria are related. In other words, this work emphasises the interconnection between the domestic and foreign policies in the face of an IN-OUT security challenge called terrorism. |
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| Autores principais: | Costa, Rita Isabel Assis da |
| Assunto: | Russian Federation Chechnya Syria Terrorism Securitisation IN-OUT security nexus Federação Russa Chechénia Síria Terrorismo Securitização Nexo de segurança interno-externo Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais |
| Ano: | 2017 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | After the end of Cold War new security challenges became more prominent to the international security agenda such as terrorism. This phenomenon is not new, but its international component is, i.e., terrorism was first used for ethno-nationalist purposes (domestic terrorism). The terrorist threat after the Cold War is perpetrated by terrorist organisations outside the country, or by organisations linked to foreign terrorist organisations, most of them with “religious” claims. International Terrorism became prominent in Security Studies after the terrorist attacks in the United States (US), in September 2001. Our analysis focuses on how terrorism affects the Russian foreign policy, namely the Kremlin’s anti-terrorism policy, by taking into consideration the Russian domestic context of the North Caucasus. We stress that terrorism is, at the same time, an internal and external threat to the state. The Russian Federation has this premise very much present as it has been dealing with international terrorism inside its borders since 1998 officially. The Chechen secessionist movement that began as a secular movement has found inspiration in Islamist teachings and has radicalised. After the end of the First Chechen War (1996) the influence of foreign fighters was palpable not only in Chechnya, but throughout the North Caucasus region. In 2007, a terrorist organisation — the Caucasus Emirate (CE) — was created in Dagestan. Last year, it pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State of Syria and Levant (ISIL). The latter has declared jihad against Russia. Having territorial integrity and sovereignty as the Russia main national interests, this dissertation stresses the link between the Chechen separatist movement and the Russian anti-terrorism policy, namely how the “securitisation” of the Chechen separatism as an internal-external (IN-OUT) threat and the Russian intervention in Syria are related. In other words, this work emphasises the interconnection between the domestic and foreign policies in the face of an IN-OUT security challenge called terrorism. |
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