Commentary
The government’s gains in the northwest will have an echo nationally, but will they alter Israeli calculations?
Armenak Tokmajyan
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Commentary
Militants Abroad
Ekaterina Sokirianskaia discusses the return home of Russian jihadists who fought in Iraq and Syria.
Published on May 29, 2018
Ekaterina Sokirianskaia is the founder and director of the Conflict Analysis and Prevention Center, a think tank that focuses on analyzing violent conflicts in the former Soviet Union. Sokirianskaia has seventeen years of experience working on human rights and conflict resolution issues in the North Caucasus region. Until 2017, she served as the International Crisis Group’s Russia-North Caucasus project director. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Central European University and has authored or co-authored numerous articles and reports on human rights, security, and conflict in the North Caucasus and Russia. Diwan interviewed her in mid-May to discuss the involvement of Russian jihadists in Iraq and Syria.
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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