The Dagestani Security Paradigm in the View of Historical Perspective
The Dagestani Security Paradigm in the View of Historical Perspective

Summary/Abstract: The paper is focused on the largest and ethnically most heterogeneous entity in the Nort Caucasus - Dagestan. After the consolidation of the security situation in neighboring Chechnya, Dagestan has become a primary security threat as well as a challenge of the North Caucasus region. Because of the ethnic and linguistic heterogeneity, the society based on primarily clan and tribal structures and weak local governments that cannot reasonably control the substantial part of the Dagestani territory, Dagestan has become an ideal base for an expansion of influence of radical Islam in the form of Wahhabism in the North Caucasus.

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