Valdai Club

Angela Stent

Gregory Simons

Julian Schuster

Vyacheslav Sutyrin

Andrey Skriba

Jonathan Steele

Kancho Stoychev

Murad Saleh oglu Sadygzade

Vladimir Sokolov

Leonid Sykiainen

Russian Federation

Professor, School of General and Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Materials

Islamic Political and Legal Thought Against Extremism and Terrorism

Some authoritative Muslim thinkers are convinced that it is not enough to call modern Muslim terrorists “misguided” ones or a certain group that has simply gone awry. They are criminals fighting with Allah and His Messenger, and for their atrocities should be held accountable by the Qur'an.

Syria as a Terrorism Hub: Potential Threats to Russia

The Chechen conflict, which began as a liberation movement, ended in the formation of a vast terrorist network and the proclamation of an Imamate in the Caucasus. The situation in Syria is following the same path. If the bloody conflict is not resolved soon, it will ricochet to the Russian regions, primarily, the North Caucasus.