Contents:

• Introduction
• Background
• Buryatskii on the Causality of Martyrdom Operations
• Buryatskii on the Mentality of Suicide MartyrsBuryatskii and His Role in Recruiting and Preparing Suicide Martyrs
...

Cross-Strait relations have improved dramatically since President Ma took office in May 2008. The key to this development was Ma’s “no independence, no unification and no use of force” declaration that essentially relieved the PRC of its worst nightmare,...

While the Middle East has a growing reputation for luxury airlines, low-cost carriers are grabbing an increasingly large share of the travel market.

In a region that already has enough conflicts, another one is brewing, and it comes from a surprising source: the Nile. The river that witnessed history from the pharaohs through the Bible and on to the nationalist revolution of 1952 seems poised to enter a new phase, and...

Defense budgets run in cycles, with  periods of increase followed by periods of decline. For years, defense analysts have been predicting that the defense budget is coming down, but it has been on an historic run for the past decade. The FY 2009 Department of Defense...

Contents:

•  The Caucasus Emirate Returns to the 'Far Enemy'?: the 'Nevskii Express' Bombing

Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) is a bimonthly analysis issued by the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program. IIPER ...

Concerns over drug violence in Ciudad Jaúarez led businessmen from Mexico to appeal to the United Nations. Officials in Mexico are concerned about a possible outbreak of dengue fever. Haiti picks its sixth prime minister since 2004. Overcrowded shelters for flood...

In the past weeks, the criticism about America’s foreign policy being outsourced to the private sector has resurfaced with a vengeance. This is an important issue to raise: not only do the Defense Department, State Department, and Agency for International Development...

As one of the countries most seriously affected by climate change and natural disasters, Bangladesh has been forced to be resourceful and resilient. Without outside help, however, the country of 160 million will not have the capacity to address climate-related environmental...

The summer of 2009 was the most active period for the North Caucasus mujahedin since the summer 2005.  At that time, Shamil Basaev was still alive and the symbol of the so-called Chechen Republic of Ichkeria‟s jihadists and Dagestan had briefly become the center of...

The Russia Eurasia Insider is produced by the Russia and Eurasia Program and provides reports and analysis on the region's geopolitical engagement, economics and internal politics. The newsletter draws on several Russian, U.S. and international media sources, including...

In 2002, with the combined nationalist and jihadist forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) defeated on the traditional battlefield, the Caucasus mujahedin absconded to the mountains and forests of the region to organize an underground government and active...