Russia's Securitization of Chechnya

This book provides an in-depth analysis of how mobilisation and legitimation for war are made possible, with a focus on Russia's conflict with Chechnya.

Julie Wilhelmsen is Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway and has a PhD in political science from the University of Oslo. She is co-editor of Russia's Encounter with Globalization: Actors, Processes and Critical Moments (2011).

1. Introduction 2. A theoretical framework for the study of acceptable war 3. Method and sources 4. The interwar period: a case of desecuritization 5. Russian official representations of Chechnya and Russia 6. Historical representations of Chechnya and Russia 7. Political elite representations of Chechnya and Russia 8. Expert representations of Chechnya and Russia 9. Journalistic representations of Chechnya and Russia 10. Sealing off Chechnya 11. Bombing Chechnya 12. Cleansing Chechnya 13. Conclusions and perspectives