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Emil Aslan Souleimanov

Keywords : Caucasus Chechnya Ingushetia Ethnography De facto independence Russia's policy

Country : Czech Republic

Organization : Charles University in Prague

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Biography :

Affiliation: Department of Russian and East European Studies, Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague

Position: Associate Professor

Specialization: security and conflict studies (civil wars and ethnic conflicts; small wars; insurgency and counterinsurgency, etc.); historiography and politics of memory.

Regional focus: the Caucasus, Russia, the post-Soviet space, to some extent also Turkey and Iran.

Education (for a complete CV, please click here):

Fulbright Scholarship, Harvard University (2006-2007)

Ph.D. International Relations, Charles University (2005)

LL.M. Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University (2004)

M.A. International Relations, Charles University (2001)

B.A. (equivalent) German and Russian Studies, Charles University (1999)

Publications (for a complete list of publications and research activities, pleaseclick here; last update May 15th, 2012):

Emil A. Souleimanov has authored three English-language monographs: The Individual Disengagement of Avengers, Nationalists, and Jihadists: Why Ex-Militants Choose to Abandon Violence in the North Caucasus (with Huseyn Aliyev), Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014; Understanding Ethnopolitical Conflict: The Wars in Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia Reconsidered, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming in 2013; and An Endless War: The Russian-Chechen Conflict in Perspective, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2007.

He has written a number of Czech-language books and edited volumes on terrorism, energy security, organized crime, post-Soviet politics, etc. He has published extensively in scholarly journals such as Journal of Strategic Studies,Europe-Asia Studies, Middle East Policy, Problems of Post-Communism,Osteuropa, Politique étrangère, OBCE Yearbook, Jahrbuch für internationale Sicherheitspolitik, etc. He has also provided numerous expert analyses and consultancy to the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, the NATO, Jane’s, Energy Intelligence Group, etc.

A Selected List of Western-language Academic Publications

Monographs:

Souleimanov, Emil A. - Aliyev, Huseyn, The Individual Disengagement of Avengers, Nationalists, and Jihadists: Why Ex-Militants Choose to Abandon Violence in the North Caucasus, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Souleimanov, Emil A., Understanding Ethnopolitical Conflict: The Wars in Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia Reconsidered, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Souleimanov, Emil A., An Endless War: The Russian-Chechen Conflict in Perspective, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2007.

Chapters in monographs:

Souleimanov, Emil A. - Hoch, Tomas, „Russia's Role in the Peace Process in Abkhazia,“ in: Malek, Martin (Hrsg.), Ausgewählte sicherheitspolitische Fragen im Südkaukasus, Wien: Schriftenreihe der Landesverteidigungsakademie, 14/2013, pp. 21-51.
Souleimanov, Emil A.– Ditrych, Ondrej, „Der Tschetschenienkrieg und die tschechische Gesellschaft,“ in: Malek, Martin – Schor-Tschudnowskaja, Anna (Hrsg.), Europa im Tschetschenienkrieg. Zwischen politischer Ohnmacht und Gleichgültigkeit, Stuttgart: IBIDEM-Verlag, 2008. Pp. 128-147.
Souleimanov, Emil A, „Die EU-Perspektive der Türkei aus tschechischer Sicht: Ein Versuch, zu einer allgemein gültigen Deutung zu gelangen,“ in: Maras, Kostandinas, Giannakopoulos, Angelos (Hrsg.): Turci Ante Portas: Der Diskurs über einen EU-Beitritt der Türkei in den Gesellschaften der EU. Ein Vergleich, Wiesbaden: Vs Verlag, 2005. Pp. 177-186.
Souleimanov, Emil A. – Horak, Slavomir, „Islam, Islamist Extremism in the Caucasus and Central Asia: A Critical Assessment,“ in Ursel Schlichting (Hrsg.), OSCE Yearbook 2006, Hamburg: Nomos Verlaggesellschaft 2007. Pp. 271-287.
Souleimanov, Emil A., „Die Geopolitische Dimension der Konflikte im Südkaukasus,“ in: Reiter, Erich (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch für internationale Sicherheitspolitik 2004, Hamburg/Berlin/Bonn: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH, 2005. Pp. 717-735.
Souleimanov, Emil A., „The Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, in Ursel Schlichting (Hrsg.), OSCE Yearbook 2004, Hamburg: Nomos Verlaggesellschaft 2005. Pp. 217-237.

Articles in Scholarly Journals (with Impact Factor, IF):

Souleimanov, Emil A. - Aliyev, Huseyn, „Asymmetry of Values, Indigenous Forces, and Incumbent Success in Counterinsurgency: Evidence from Chechnya,“ Journal of Strategic Studies, forthcoming in 2014. (IF in 2013: 1.01).
Souleimanov, Emil A., „An Ethnography of Counterinsurgency: Kadyrovtsy and Russia's Policy of Chechenization,“ Post-Soviet Affairs, forthcoming in 1/2015. (IF in 2013: 0.58).
Souleimanov, Emil A., „Jihad or Security? Understanding the Jihadization of Chechen Insurgency Through Recruitment in Jihadist Units,“ Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, forthcoming in 2015. (IF in 2013: 0.18).
Souleimanov, Emil A. - Ehrmann, Maya – Aliyev, Huseyn, „Focused on Iran? Exploring the rationale behind the strategic relationship between Azerbaijan and Israel,“ Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, forthcoming in 2014. (IF in 2013: 0.20).
Souleimanov, Emil A., „Globalizing Jihad? North Caucasians in the Syrian Civil War,“ Middle East Policy, 21(3), 2014. Pp. 154-162. (IF in 2013: 0.50).
Souleimanov, Emil A. - Ehrmann, Maya, „The Rise of Militant Salafism in Azerbaijan and Its Regional Implications,“ Middle East Policy, 20(3), 2013. Pp. 111-120. (IF in 2013: 0.50).
Souleimanov, Emil A. - Kraus, Josef, „Turkey: An Important East-West Energy Hub,“ Middle East Policy, 19(2), 2012. Pp. 157-168. (IF in 2012: 0.48).
Souleimanov, Emil A., „The Caucasus Emirate: Genealogy of an Islamist Insurgency,“ Middle East Policy, 18(4), 2011. Pp. 155–168. (IF in 2011: 0,408).
Souleimanov, Emil A.– Ditrych, Ondrej, „The Internationalisation of the Russian-Chechen Conflict: Myths and Reality,“ Europe-Asia Studies, 60(7), 2008. Pp. 1199-1222. (IF in 2007: 0,541).
Souleimanov, Emil A.– Ditrych, Ondrej, „Iran and Azerbaijan: A Contested Neighborhood,“ Middle East Policy, 14(2), 2007. Pp. 101-117. (IF in 2006: 0.26).
Souleimanov, Emil A.– Ditrych, Ondrej, „Czech Reflections on the Chechen Conflict: From Morality to Mainstream,“ Problems of Post-Communism, 54:3, 2006. Pp. 18-28. (IF in 2006: 0,594).
Souleimanov, Emil A., „Islam, nationalisme et vendetta: l'insurrection au Caucase du Nord,“ Politique étrangère, 77(2), 2012. Pp. 375-386.
Souleimanov, Emil A., „Krisengebiet Nordkaukasus: Anatomie des islamistischen Aufstandes,“ Osteuropa: Zeitschrift für Gegenwartsfragen des Ostens, 6-8, 2012. Pp. 293-312.