Asymmetry of Values, Indigenous Forces, and Incumbent Success in Counterinsurgency: Evidence from Chechnya

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2014.952409" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2014.952409</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2014.952409" target="_blank" >10.1080/01402390.2014.952409</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Asymmetry of Values, Indigenous Forces, and Incumbent Success in Counterinsurgency: Evidence from Chechnya
Original language description
This article fills the gap in existing scholarship on asymmetric conflict, indigenous forces, and how socio-cultural codes shape the dynamics and outcomes of conflict transformation. Specifically, it identifies three key socio-cultural values commonplacein honorific societies: retaliation, hospitality, and silence. As sources of effective pro-insurgent violent mobilisation and support from among the local population, these values provide insurgents with an asymmetric advantage over much stronger incumbents. Using the case studies of the two Russian counterinsurgencies in Chechnya, the article shows the mechanisms on the ground through which Moscow's deployment of indigenous forces against insurgents helped to stem the tide of conflict, reversing the insurgents' initial advantage in terms of asymmetry of values.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AD - Political sciences
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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