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The Reform Of Russia's Conventional Armed Forces: Problems, Challenges, & Policy Implications
October 6, 2011 02:28 PM
The Reform of Russia's Conventional Armed Forces: Problems, Challenges and Policy Implications, traces the complex origins of the reform, its numerous twists and assesses the key challenges it faces. ...
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May 17, 2013
Nigeria has experienced years of sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims and endured massacres and bombings by religiously-inspired groups like Boko Haram. Now, however, with the slaughter of as many as 90 members of...
Category: Terrorism Monitor, Global Terrorism Analysis, Home Page, Featured, West Africa
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May 17, 2013
With the militarization of the Syrian uprising complete, the makeup of the violent insurrection that is raging across Syria remains a topic of scrutiny. The assemblage of competing opposition forces persists in its attempts to...
Category: Terrorism Monitor, Global Terrorism Analysis, Home Page, Featured, Syria
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May 17, 2013
Each year on May 18, around 25,000–30,000 Crimean Tatars gather in Crimea’s capital Simferopol to commemorate the 1944 deportation of their parents and grandparents from their historical homeland. They come to Simferopol from all...
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Domestic/Social, Ukraine
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May 18, 2013
From the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, the Christian nations of Europe and the Shiites of Persia were forced to defend their lands against the inroads of an ever expanding Ottoman Empire, an empire whose awesome war...
Category: Report, Ukraine
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May 16, 2013
Last-minute efforts during recent meetings with President Vladimir Putin by British Prime Minister David Cameron, his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and United States Secretary of State John Kerry to dissuade Russia from...
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Featured, Foreign Policy, Syria, Russia
Ombatse: Nigerian Religious Cult Joins War on the State in Central Nigeria
Nigeria has experienced years of sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims and endured massacres and bombings by religiously-inspired groups like Boko Haram. Now, however, with the slaughter of as many as 90 members of...
Foreign-Backed Jihadist Movement in Kazakhstan Now Threatens Nearby States as Well
May 22, 2013
The jihadist network in Kazakhstan, inspired and financed by al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the Caucasus Emirate, has shifted from a loose grouping of largely autonomous jamaats into a unified movement that threatens not only...
Forging of Alliance Between Tatar and Bashkir Nationalists Worries Moscow
May 22, 2013
Tatar and Bashkir civil organizations are moving toward the forging of an alliance, regional and Russian experts say. “Bashkir nationalists have tried to find support among Tatar and Ugro-Finnish nationalists for several years,...
Who Controls What: State Institutions and the Power Struggle in Moldova
May 22, 2013
Moldova’s move from one-party Communist rule to coalition government has led straight to conflict for control of state institutions among the coalition’s parties. That conflict has destroyed the governing Alliance for European...
Using Syria to Inspire Jihad: A Profile of Lebanese Salafi Ahmad al-Assir
May 21, 2013
Tension between Sunnis and Shiites in Lebanon has risen over the last few years in response to the increasing influence of Hezbollah on Lebanese state institutions as well as a growing sense of marginalization among Sunnis in the...
“New Tajikistan”—New Tensions?
May 21, 2013
Tension has gripped Tajikistan over the past several weeks in response to the establishment of a new political party. The founding of this party by reputable political, business and academic elites has awakened the public and...
Reports
The Sultan’s Raiders: The Military Role of the Crimean Tatars in the Ottoman Empire
May 18, 2013
From the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, the Christian nations of Europe and the Shiites of Persia were forced to defend their lands against the inroads of an ever expanding Ottoman Empire, an empire whose awesome war...
Militant Leadership Monitor - April Issue
April 29, 2013
This issue of Militant Leadership Monitor includes profiles of Saudi Arabia's Ahmed Abdullah Saleh al-Khazmari al-Zahrani, AQIM's Jemal Oukacha, Libya's Isa Amd al-Majid, the Niger Delta's al-Haji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari (Part Two),...
Hot Issues

To gain a perspective on so-called “home grown” jihadist terrorism, two models are especially enlightening. The first is the report by the New York City Police Department (NYPD): “Radicalization In The West: The Home Grown Threat.” The other model is prescriptive and can be found in the writings of al-Qaeda authors.
Events
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Religious Liberties and Radicalism in Kazakhstan
May 7, 2013 09:00 AM
Featuring
Kairat Lama SharifChairman of the Religious Affairs Agency in Kazakhstan
The Jamestown Foundation invites you to a roundtable discussion with Kairat Lama Sharif, Chairman of the Re...
Media Appearances
Jamestown President Glen Howard quoted by The New York Times
May 17, 2013Jamestown President Glen Howard was quoted by The New York Times in an article titled "Chechen Refugee Questioned in F.B.I.'s Inquiry of Bombing."
Jacob Zenn interviewed by Voice of America
May 15, 2013Jacob Zenn was interviewed by Voice of America about Boko Haram and security in northeastern Nigeria.
Press Releases
Jamestown Foundation Responds to False Izvestia Article
April 26, 2013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Matthew [email protected]
The Jamestown Foundation categorically rejects the content and premise of the April 24 report by the Russian newspaper Izvestia, which suggested that...
Jamestown Analyst Jacob Zenn Testifies Before Congressional Committee on Extremist Threats in Central Asia
March 15, 2013FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Matthew Czekaj
202.483.8888
Jamestown Foundation Analyst Jacob Zenn testified on February 27, 2013, before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Europe,...









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