Chechnya's Secret Wartime Diplomacy

Aslan Maskhadov and the Quest for a Peaceful Resolution
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-46418-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3746 g

This volume makes available transcripts and commentary from the secret correspondence between former Chechen foreign minister Ilyas Akhmatov and Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov. This correspondence provides revelatory insights into both men's attempts to secure Western support for a peaceful transition to an independent Chechnya.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daniloff, N.

Akhmadov, I.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Maskhadov's First Briefing 2. Immediate Tasks Ahead 3. Contact with Dr. Brzezinski 4. Taliban Recognition of Chechnya 5. Russian Army Disintegrating? 6. Election of George W. Bush 7. Russia Goes Authoritarian 8. Mystery Kidnapping of Dr. Gluck 9. Russia Seeks to Bribe Maskhadov out of Chechnya 10. Meeting with Putin Suddenly Cancelled 11. Akhmadov Talks with U.S. State Department 12. Maskhadov Hopes for CIA Support 13. Seeking Negotiations 14. Challenge of Rebel Commanders 15. The Gelayev Problem in Georgia 16. Reaction to 9/11 17. Maskhadov Names a Successor 18. The January 27 Presidential Issue 19. Russia Takes Advantage of 9/11 20. The problem with Lord Judd 21. The Russian Policy of Rape 22. Solving the Chechen Problem 23. Peace Plans for Chechnya Fail 24. Maskhadov's Last Message 25. The Voice from Beyond

Über Autor(innen)

Ilyas Akhmadov served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Chechen government from 1999 to 2005. He is the author of The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost (2010).
 
Nicholas Daniloff is a Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University, USA. A former correspondent for UPI and US News and World Report, he is the author of several books, including Of Spies and Spokemen: My Life as a Cold War Correspondent (2008).
 
Anatoly Semenov is Assistant Professor at the Defense Language Institute in California, USA.
 
Mark Kramer is Editor of the Journal of Cold War Studies and Senior Research Fellow at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, USA.