The Individual Disengagement of Avengers, Nationalists, and Jihadists

Drawing on unique first-hand data from Russia's North Caucasus, this study is the first of its kind to detail the causes and contexts of individual disengagement of various types of militants: avengers, nationalists, and jihadists. It aims to considerably enhance our theoretical understanding of individual militants' incentives to abandon violence.

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Emil Souleimanov and Huseyn Aliyev

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Drawing on unique first-hand data from Russia's North Caucasus, this study is the first of its kind to detail the causes and contexts of individual disengagement of various types of militants: avengers, nationalists, and jihadists. It aims to considerably enhance our theoretical understanding of individual militants' incentives to abandon violence.

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Introduction 1. Theorizing Militant Disengagement 2. Conceptualizing Pathways to Individual Insurgent (Dis)Engagement 3. Chechnya and Dagestan: Ethnography, History and Conflicts 4. Individual Disengagement in Chechnya and Dagestan Conclusion