A nineteenth-century diaspora still shapes Chechnya’s war financing and host-state diplomacy

Evidence

The Chechen cause was also helped by the Chechen diaspora, which had in large part been produced by the nineteenth-century Russian aggression against the Caucasus mountain peoples. The diaspora raised funds, procured weapons, and provided volunteers for the Chechen forces. It was particularly numerous in Jordan and Turkey, which led Jordan to take a strong stand against the Russians and reinforced Turkey’s willingness to assist the Chechens. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 767 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A diaspora created by 19th-century conquest empowered 1990s Chechen resistance — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 767; Nagorno-Karabakh fighting reanimated centuries-old Russo-Ottoman and Armenian-Turkish antagonisms — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 769; Russia reframed Chechnya and Tajikistan as centuries-old Orthodox-Islamic civilizational clashes — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 750 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A diaspora created by 19th-century conquest empowered 1990s Chechen resistance #expands (0.95) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 767