Chechnya: How A Remote Russian Republic Became Linked With Terrorism -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Believed to be the ethnic home of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the mainly Muslim region's history is heavily shaped by its tense relationship with Russia.
The main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are said to be two brothers from Chechnya, a mountainous and mainly Muslim republic in southern Russia that has been the scene of cyclical revolts and brutal crackdowns by Moscow's forces for the past 200 years. Though Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev have spent most of their lives outside of Chechnya, their postings on YouTube and the Russian-language VKontakte social media site illustrate a proud attachment to their ancestral homeland and offer many hints that both identified closely with Chechnya's defiant and fiercely independent mountain warrior traditions.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Were motives of Boston bombing suspects embedded in Chechen heritage – or not? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor
Displaced: What happened to the people who fled the terror in Chechnya. -- Joshua Foust, Foreign Policy
Did the Media Botch the Boston Bombing? -- Teresa Welsh, US News & World Report
The language of terror -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
The Boston Bombings Could Complicate Obama's Foreign Policy -- Michael P. Noonan, US News and World Report
For Boston Suspects, Was Chechnya’s Violent Past a Motive? -- RIA Novosti
Chechnya’s History of Violence: Did It Influence the Tsarnaev Brothers? -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time
U.S. Caution and Arab Restraint Mark a New Terror Era -- Fouad Ajami, Real Clear Politics
India Races to Space While Indians Starve -- Lindsay Hughes, Real Clear World/The Australian
How Pervez Musharraf's story has gone from Facebook fantasy to farce -- Kamila Shamsie, The Guardian
Winners and losers in Venezuela's presidential election -- Charles Shapiro, L.A. Times
After Venezuela’s Election, Chavistas an
Displaced: What happened to the people who fled the terror in Chechnya. -- Joshua Foust, Foreign Policy
Did the Media Botch the Boston Bombing? -- Teresa Welsh, US News & World Report
The language of terror -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
The Boston Bombings Could Complicate Obama's Foreign Policy -- Michael P. Noonan, US News and World Report
For Boston Suspects, Was Chechnya’s Violent Past a Motive? -- RIA Novosti
Chechnya’s History of Violence: Did It Influence the Tsarnaev Brothers? -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time
U.S. Caution and Arab Restraint Mark a New Terror Era -- Fouad Ajami, Real Clear Politics
India Races to Space While Indians Starve -- Lindsay Hughes, Real Clear World/The Australian
How Pervez Musharraf's story has gone from Facebook fantasy to farce -- Kamila Shamsie, The Guardian
Winners and losers in Venezuela's presidential election -- Charles Shapiro, L.A. Times
After Venezuela’s Election, Chavistas an
For Boston Suspects, Was Chechnya’s Violent Past a Motive? -- RIA Novosti
Chechnya’s History of Violence: Did It Influence the Tsarnaev Brothers? -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time
U.S. Caution and Arab Restraint Mark a New Terror Era -- Fouad Ajami, Real Clear Politics
India Races to Space While Indians Starve -- Lindsay Hughes, Real Clear World/The Australian
How Pervez Musharraf's story has gone from Facebook fantasy to farce -- Kamila Shamsie, The Guardian
Winners and losers in Venezuela's presidential election -- Charles Shapiro, L.A. Times
After Venezuela’s Election, Chavistas and the Opposition Ready for Long Fight -- Girish Gupta, Time
Why can’t the IMF face up to the truth about the failing euro? -- Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph
The Price of Gold Is Crashing. Here's Why -- Peter Coy, Bloomberg
Is Economic Implosion Inevitable? -- Leonid Chuzhoy, American Interest
Chechnya’s History of Violence: Did It Influence the Tsarnaev Brothers? -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time
U.S. Caution and Arab Restraint Mark a New Terror Era -- Fouad Ajami, Real Clear Politics
India Races to Space While Indians Starve -- Lindsay Hughes, Real Clear World/The Australian
How Pervez Musharraf's story has gone from Facebook fantasy to farce -- Kamila Shamsie, The Guardian
Winners and losers in Venezuela's presidential election -- Charles Shapiro, L.A. Times
After Venezuela’s Election, Chavistas and the Opposition Ready for Long Fight -- Girish Gupta, Time
Why can’t the IMF face up to the truth about the failing euro? -- Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph
The Price of Gold Is Crashing. Here's Why -- Peter Coy, Bloomberg
Is Economic Implosion Inevitable? -- Leonid Chuzhoy, American Interest