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Cover -- HalfTitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction: How Has the Caucasus Shaped Russia? -- PART ONE Caucasian Causation -- CHAPTER TWO Enter the Memes -- The Georgian catastrophe -- The fire spreads to Russia -- The Pankisi Gorge controversy -- Post-9/11 opportunities missed -- Saakashvili and the 2008 war -- Aftermath -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER THREE Caucasian Crescent: Russia's Islamic Policies and its Responses to Radicalization -- Introduction: A new threat -- Islamic revival in the North Caucasus -- The Chechen war and its impact on Islam in the North Caucasus -- Repressions and radicalization of Salafi Jamaats -- Continued violence and further radicalization of Salafi Jamaats -- Official policies of engagement -- Renewed approach toward Islam -- Growing Islamization of public life in the North Caucasus -- The impact of Islamic developments in the North Caucasus on Russia: Ultra-nationalism and xenophobia -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR War in the Caucasus: Moving the Russian Military into the Twenty-first Century -- Introduction -- Context -- Personnel -- Equipment development -- Doctrine, tactics, and training -- Combat organization -- Command and Control -- Concluding thoughts -- PART TWO Caucasian Consequences -- CHAPTER FIVE Russia's Canary in the North Caucasus' Mine: Stavropol'skii krai -- Introduction -- What's in a name? A note on terminology -- Demography: Migration and changing ethnic geography of southern Russia -- Terrorism: The widening of insurgency -- Society: The rise of Kavkazofobiya and Russian nationalism -- Politics: The restructuring of the Russian federal system -- Economics: The changing economic geography of southern Russia -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SIX Blowback? Chechnya and the Challenges of Russian Politics -- A hollow victory -- Ramzanistan. Strains of Chechenization -- Chechnya as mirror and foil to Russian politics -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SEVEN Preparations for the Sochi Olympics -- Center-periphery relations -- The "Green" Olympics -- Budgetary issues -- Conclusion -- PART THREE Caucasian Crosscurrents -- CHAPTER EIGHT Islam and Orthodox Christianity in the Caucasus: From Antagonism to Partnership -- A brief history of Islam and Orthodoxy in the North Caucasus -- The historical role of the Orthodox Church in the North Caucasus -- The resurgence of Islamic Tolerance in the North Caucasus -- The new Islamic-Orthodox alliance against secularism -- Toward "One, Holy, Orthodox, and Islamic Russia"? -- CHAPTER NINE The Northeastern Caucasus: Drifting Away from Russia -- Introduction -- Social and economic settings -- Russian minorities -- Growing religious conservatism -- Islamism -- Continuous security threat -- "Them" and "Us" all-Caucasian versus all-Russian identity -- Federal efforts toward stabilization -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER TEN Conclusion: How Has the Caucasus Shaped Russia? -- Caucasian causation -- Caucasian consequences -- Caucasian crosscurrents -- Causal reciprocity in Russia and the Caucasus -- A Case Study of Western Memes: The Pussy Riot Conviction -- Index.
This groundbreaking work examines the complex dynamics of Russia's relations with the Caucasus, revealing the profound effects that Caucasian forces have had upon Russia's development.Essays show how Georgian sparks ignited conflagrations in South Ossetia (1991-1992) and Abkhazia (1992-1993), spreading northward to conflicts in Ossetia and.