Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: Multiple Ideological Agendas, One Tactical Goal
Image credit/license Just like the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and the civil war in Syria in the 2010s, the war in Ukraine has produced an environment conducive to…
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Jean-François Ratelle
5 posts
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Affiliation
University of Ottawa
Expertise
Insurgency, Caucasus, Russia, foreign fighters, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Civil Wars
Ramzan Kadyrov’s Gamble in Ukraine: Keeping Chechnya Under Control While Competing for Federal Power
A year after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the challenges faced by the Russian army in Ukraine opened the door for internal turmoil among its actors and…
The North Caucasus and the Russian War in Ukraine
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the challenges faced by the Russian army have increasingly fed discussions about the political future of Russia, presidential succession, and the danger of…
The North Caucasus Community in Europe: Challenging the Criminal Stereotype
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The Chechen and North Caucasus diaspora in Europe is estimated at 150,000 people, mainly situated in France, Germany, Austria, Poland, and Belgium. In recent years, the…
The Kabardino-Balkaria Insurgency: A Comparative Analysis of Ideological Trends in the North Caucasus
In recent years, the North Caucasus has experienced an upsurge of violence and terrorist acts. After the Beslan hostage crisis and its backlash on the Chechen movement’s international legitimacy, there…