Same sides of different coins
Contrasting militant activisms between Georgian fighters in Syria and Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13102422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael H Cecire (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 282-295 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Caucasus Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-1199 • E-ISSN: 2376-1202 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23761199.2016.1231382 |
| OpenAlex | W2522454220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
While the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine share few similarities as operational cases, both wars can be characterized by the heavy participation and prominence of “foreign fighters” – combatants drawn from nominally non-participating countries. Georgia, approximately geographically equidistant from both Ukraine and Syria, has emerged as a small but consistent reservoir of foreign fighters in a variety of groups in both conflicts. In surveying and examining trends of Georgian foreign fighter flow to both Syria and Ukraine, it is possible to organize Georgian participation into roughly two groups. One group, broadly representing “first wave” flows to Syria and pro-Kyiv forces in Ukraine, largely adheres to more conventional allegiances based on ethnicity, religion, or ideology. A second group, found in “second wave” flows to Syria and pro-Russia fighters in Ukraine, is motivated by “fictive kinship” networks created from transnational philosophical enterprises. From these cases, it may be possible to draw lessons to further analyse foreign fighter tendencies and trajectories more globally
Ancient history · Geography · Georgian · Ideology · Kinship · Militant · Political science · Politics · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2020 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |