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Terrorism In, Or Originating From, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 14, Issue 2 Bibliography: Terrorism in, or Originating from, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia (Part 2) Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes [Bibliographic Series of Perspectives on Terrorism – BSPT-JT-2020-3] Abstract This bibliography contains journal articles, book chapters, books, edited volumes, theses, grey literature, bibliographies and other resources on terrorism in the Caucasus region, Central Asia, and Russia as well as terrorist activity originating from these regions abroad. It focuses on recent (non-Russian language) publications (up to March 2020) and should not be considered as exhaustive. The literature has been retrieved by manually browsing more than 200 core and periphery sources in the field of Terrorism Studies. Additionally, full-text and reference retrieval systems have been employed to broaden the search. Keywords: bibliography, resources, literature, Caucasus; Central Asia; Russia, terrorism NB: All websites were last visited on 21.03.2020. This subject bibliography is the second part of a two-part bibliography (Part 1 was published in Issue 9[1]) of Perspectives on Terrorism). To avoid duplication, this compilation only includes literature not contained in Part 1. However, meta-resources, such as bibliographies, were included in both parts. - See also Note for the Reader at the end of this literature list. Bibliographies and other Resources American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) (2006-). URL: https://arisc.org Aris, Stephen et al. (Eds.) (2006-): Russian Analytical Digest (RAD). [ISSN: 1863-0421]. URL: https://css.ethz. ch/en/publications/rad.html Badalyan, Lusine et al. (Eds.) (2008, December-): Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD). [ISSN: 1867-9323]. URL: https://css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/series.html/094386 Biard, Aurelie (2016, July): Bibliography: Religion in Central Asia (Tsarist Period to 2016). (CAP Papers, No. 169; CERIA Series). URL: https://centralasiaprogram.org/archives/9721 Books for Understanding (2014, August): Chechnya. URL: http://www.booksforunderstanding.org/chechnya/ list.html Broers, Laurence; Vatchagaev, Mairbek (Eds.-in-Chief) (2013, October-): Caucasus Survey. [p-ISSN: 2376- 1199, e-ISSN: 2376-1202]. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rcau20 Central Asia Program (CAP) (n.d.-): URL: https://centralasiaprogram.org Chitashvili, Marine; MacFarlane, S. Neil (Eds.) (2013-): Caucasus Social Science Review (CSSR). [ISSN: 2233- 3223]. URL: http://openjournals.gela.org.ge/index.php/CSSR Cornell, Svante E.; Nilsson, Niklas (Eds.) (2002, March-): The Central Asia-Caucasus ANALYST: A Biweekly Briefing on Current Affairs. URL: http://www.cacianalyst.org Demirtepe, Turgut; Hatipoğlu, Esra (Eds.) (2006-2015): Orta Asya ve Kafkasya Araştırmaları [Journal of Cen- tral Asian and Caucasian Studies (JCACS)]. [ISSN: 1306-682X]. URL: https://www.ceeol.com/search/jour- nal-detail?id=1019 Gamaghelyan, Philip et al. (Eds.) (2009-): Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation. [ISSN: 2155- 5478]. URL: https://caucasusedition.net ISSN 2334-3745 112 April 2020 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 14, Issue 2 Hahn, Gordon M. (Author & Ed.) (2009-2013): Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER). URL: https://www.csis.org/programs/russia-and-eurasia-program/archives/islam-islamism-and-politics-eur- asia-report Jackson, Alexander; Tatum, Jesse (Eds.) (2006, Winter-2010, Autumn): Caucasian Review of International Af- fairs (CRIA). [ISSN: 1865-6773]. URL: http://cria-online.org Tinnes, Judith (2015, February): Bibliography: Terrorism in, or Originating from the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia (Part 1). Perspectives on Terrorism, 9(1), 122-156. URL: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/ content/assets/customsites/perspectives-on-terrorism/2015/volume-1/12-bibliography-terrorism-in-or-origi- nating-from-the-caucasus-central-asia-and-russia-part-1-compiled-and-selected-by-judith-tinnes.pdf Youngman, Mark (2013-): Mark Youngman: Researching Ideology, Political Violence, and Russia’s North Cauca- sus. URL: https://mark-youngman.com Books and Edited Volumes Arnold, Richard (2016): Russian Nationalism and Ethnic Violence: Symbolic Violence, Lynching, Pogrom and Massacre. (Europa Country Perspectives). Abingdon: Routledge. Associated Press (2015): The Boston Marathon Bombing: The Long Run from Terror to Renewal. Miami: Mango Media Miami / AP. Ayoob, Mohammed; Ismayilov, Murad (Eds.) (2015): Identity and Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus. (Routledge Advances in Central Asian Studies, Vol. 7). Abingdon: Routledge. Baizakova, Zhulduz; McDermott, Roger N. (2015, July): Reassessing the Barriers to Islamic Radicalization in Kazakhstan. [e-Book]. (SSI Monographs). Carlisle: Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) / U.S. Army War College Press. URL: https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/reassessing-the-barriers-to-islamic-radicalization-in-kazakhstan Botobekov, Uran (2019): Think Like Jihadist: Anatomy of Central Asian Salafi Groups. [e-Book]. n.p.: Modern Diplomacy. URL: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/product/anatomy-of-central-asian-salafi-groups Bowker, Mike (2007): Russia, America and the Islamic World. Aldershot: Ashgate. Dannreuther, Roland; March, Luke (Eds.) (2010): Russia and Islam: State, Society and Radicalism. (BASEES/ Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies). Abingdon: Routledge. Driscoll, Jesse (2015): Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States. (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics). New York: Cambridge University Press. Dunlop, John B. (2014): The Moscow Bombings of September 1999: Examinations of Russian Terrorist Attacks at the Onset of Vladimir Putin’s Rule. (Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society). Stuttgart: ibidem. Epkenhans, Tim (2016): The Origins of the Civil War in Tajikistan: Nationalism, Islamism, and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Space. Lanham: Lexington Books. Fredholm, Michael (2017): Transnational Organized Crime and Jihadist Terrorism: Russian-Speaking Networks in Western Europe. (Contemporary Terrorism Studies). Abingdon: Routledge. Fridman, Ofer; Kabernik, Vitaly; Pearce, James C. (Eds.) (2018): Hybrid Conflicts and Information Warfare: New Labels, Old Politics. Boulder: Lynne Rienner. Galeotti, Mark (Ed.) (2010): The Politics of Security in Modern Russia. (Post-Soviet Politics). Abingdon: Rout- ledge. Galeotti, Mark (2013): Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991. (Elite, Vol. 197). Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISSN 2334-3745 113 April 2020 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 14, Issue 2 Galeotti, Mark (2014): Russia’s Wars in Chechnya 1994–2009. (Essential Histories, Vol. 78). Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Galeotti, Mark (2015): Spetsnaz: Russia’s Special Forces. (Elite, Vol. 206). Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Giduck, John (2005): Terror at Beslan: A Russian Tragedy with Lessons for America’s Schools. Golden: Archangel Group. Gilligan, Emma (2010): Terror in Chechnya: Russia and the Tragedy of Civilians in War. (Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity). Princeton: Princeton University Press. Giustozzi, Antonio (2018): The Islamic State in Khorasan: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the New Central Asian Jihad. London: Hurst. Gould, Rebecca (2016): Writers and Rebels: The Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus. (Eurasia Past and Present). New Haven: Yale University Press. Hahn, Gordon M. (2014): The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin: Global Jihadism in Russia’s North Caucasus and Beyond. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. Holzer, Jan; Laryš, Martin; Mareš, Miroslav (2019): Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin’s Russia: Legacies, Forms and Threats. (Post-Soviet Politics). Abingdon: Routledge. Iji, Tetsuro (2020): Multiparty Mediation in Violent Conflict: Peacemaking Diplomacy in the Tajikistan Civil War. (Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management). Abingdon: Routledge. Kaliszewska, Iwona; Falkowski, Maciej (2016): Veiled and Unveiled in Chechnya and Daghestan. London: Hurst. Kanet, Roger E. (Ed.) (2019): Routledge Handbook of Russian Security. (Routledge Handbooks). Abingdon: Routledge. Laruelle, Marlene (Ed.) (2017): The Central Asia–Afghanistan Relationship: From Soviet Intervention to the Silk Road Initiatives. (Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures). Lanham: Lexington Books. Lemon, Edward (Ed.) (2018): Critical Approaches to Security in Central Asia. (Central Asian Studies). Abing- don: Routledge. Lenz-Raymann, Kathrin (2014): Securitization of Islam: A Vicious Circle: Counter-Terrorism and Freedom of Religion in Central Asia. (Global Local Islam series). Bielefeld: transcript. Levine, Ilya (2016): US Policies in Central Asia: Democracy, Energy and the War on Terror. (Routledge Advances in Central Asian Studies, Vol. 9). Abingdon: Routledge. LoCicero, Alice (2014): Why “Good Kids” Turn into Deadly Terrorists: Deconstructing the Accused Boston Mar- athon Bombers and others like them. Santa Barbara: Praeger. McCauley, Martin (2013): Afghanistan and Central Asia: A Modern History. Abingdon: Routledge. (Original work published 2002) McPhee, Michele R. (2017): Maximum Harm: The Tsarnaev Brothers, the FBI, and the Road to the Marathon Bombing. Lebanon: Fore Edge. Merati, Simona E. (2017): Muslims in Putin’s Russia: Discourse on Identity, Politics, and Security. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature. 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