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Chechnya's Secret Wartime Diplomacy

Aslan Maskhadov and the Quest for a Peaceful Resolution

von: I. Akhmadov, Kenneth A. Loparo, N. Daniloff
53,49 €
Verlag:	Palgrave Macmillan
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	18.12.2013
ISBN/EAN:	9781137338792
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	296

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

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

Autorenportrait

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.