CHAIR
Jean-François Ratelle
(U of Ottawa, Canada)
Russian Muslim Diasporas in Western Europe
(France, Austria, and Germany)
PAPERS
Sufian Zhemukhov
(George Washington U, US)
Political and Ideological Actors in the Power Struggle
and Ideological Competition in the North Caucasus
Patrick Ambrogio
(Columbia U, US)
Russian Counterinsurgency in the North Caucasus:
Methods and Results
Lilla Heins
(George Washington U, US)
A Hard Bargain:
Foreign Policy and the Dynamics of the Putin-Kadyrov Relationship
Philip Decker
(Princeton U, US)
“Americans Do Not speak Chechen”: The Causes and Consequences of
the 2002 RFE/RL Caucasus Broadcasting Scandal
DISCUSSANT
Mark Youngman
(U of Portsmouth, UK)