By Valery Dzutsev The Caucasian Knot website published 2011 conflict casualties’ statistics for each republic in the North Caucasus. 70 people were killed and 38 people were injured in violent incidents in Ingushetia in 2011. The overall figure of victims in the republic dropped from... MORE

By  The Jamestown FoundationKazakhstan has experienced an unusual wave of political violence in the oil-rich western part of the country. The deadly clashes between protestors and Kazakhstan’s security forces that left 15 dead and 110 injured took place just a month before the parliamentary elections... MORE

By Valery Dzutsev On December 15, a well-known Dagestani journalist and publisher, Khajimurad Kamalov, 46, was gunned down near his office in Makhachkala. On December 16, president of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov made a special statement about Kamalov’s murder. Magomedov attributed the attack to “enemies of... MORE

By Matthew CzekajJust days after Serbia received a recommendation for EU Candidate status, and less than a month since Belgrade announcedits upcoming involvement in the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) missions in Africa, Belgrade’s security priorities swung back in Moscow’s direction. On October... MORE

By Dr. Guli Yuldasheva and Mavlon Shukurzoda.Since the collapse of the bipolar world system, discussions on the new world order and problems of regional instability have not yet ceased. They have recently achieved perhaps their apogee – fierce mass media disputes have erupted around the... MORE

By Valery DzutsevIn September-October 2011, the North Caucasian journal Dosh conducted a survey in several cities and villages of Dagestan. Over 2000 people were polled on the causes of insurgency in the republic. Answering the question about why Dagestanis join the insurgents, half of the... MORE

By Valery DzutsevMany observers have pointed out the rise of xenophobia in Russia, especially toward the North Caucasians. But perhaps the pivotal recent change in Russian public opinion took place when Russians unearthed the Russian question. Namely: what is the position of the ethnic Russian... MORE

By Matthew CzekajThe votes are in and the results have been announced: for the first time in its 20-year history as a post-Soviet state, Azerbaijan will sit as a non-permanent member on the UN Security Council. After 17 rounds of voting in the General Assembly,... MORE

By Matthew CzekajThough little noticed in the press, Serb-EU relations reached a new milestone, recently. On September 23, Serbian Secretary of State for Defence Tanja Miščević announcedat a conference on Serbia’s EU integration that around November 10, her country would send Serbian officers to take... MORE

By Matthew CzekajAs the parliamentary election season heats up in Poland, the country’s Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, is crisscrossing the country in his “Tuskobus” [link in Polish], highlighting the successes of his government and making campaign promises on behalf of his ruling party, Civic Platform.... MORE