Russian Response to 911 & Chechenya “Terrorism”
Key Terms: The Greek Plan, Franco-German-Russian Alliance, NATO, Ethnic
Determination, Perestroika, Glasnost, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Key Wars: Soviet-Afghanistan War, Kosovo Civil War, Moscow Theatre Attack
Key Persons: Catherine the Great, Stalin, Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris
Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, Dudayev
Key Places: USSR, Russia, Moscow, Chechenya, Grozny, Caucasus, Afghanistan,
Kosovo, Yugoslavia, 5 Central Asian Republics
I. Introduction: Russia – the Agony of Downgrading
Glorious Days of Romanov Russia (1613-1917): Peter, Catherine & Nicholas
The USSR (1917-1991): from a Superpower to Dissolution
The Russian Federation: Internal Turmoil + External Bandwagon
Nostalgic Politics and Putin’s Mission Impossible
II. Chechenya: Russia’s Nightmare – the 3 Great Disasters in its History:
The “Greek Plan” of Catherine the Great
The Soviet Annexation and the Siberian Exodus
Soviet Dissolution, Chechenya Independence, Russo-Chechen War
III. Immediate Russian Reaction at 911
“Putin’s Opportunity”:
External Opportunity: Revival of Superpower Status?
Internal Opportunity: “Russo-American Alliance” Vs Chechenya?
Russia’s Responsibility: Band C Member, and the Afghan Experience
The Opportunity Costs:
External Opportunity Cost: Encirclement, Loss of Backyard?
Internal Opportunity Cost: Precedence of American Endorsement?
Cutting the Cost: the Franco-German-Russian Alliance
IV. Success or Failure: Case-study of Moscow Theatre Attack (25 Oct 2002)
The Message of Success:
International Rally Vs Previous Humanitarian Arguments
American Backup Vs CIA’s Connection with Chechenya
The Message of Failure:
The Continuation American Appearance in Central Asia
Irony of the American Offer of Help – Back to the USSR?
V. Conclusion: Double Standard, Mutual-terrorism & Concerted Terrorism
The Double Standard on the Russo-Chechen Conflict:
Pre-911: “Russian Suppression of Ethnic Determination”
Post-911: “Chechen Terrorist Attack on Russia”
Mutual-terrorism between Russia and Chechenya
Convergence of Worldwide Terrorisms?
Rationales behind America’s Diplomatic Revolution
Towards the Passively Concerted Global Terrorism
Question: (1) Why did Russia support the American counter-terrorism? (2) Would
Russia change its foreign policy again after the Iraqi Crisis?
Main Text: Bridget Kendall: “Putin’s Opportunity.” The Day That Shock the World:
Understanding September 11th. Ed. Jenny Baxter and Malcolm Downing. London:
BBC, 2001. P.159-174.
Supplementary Text: Russell, John. “Options for Chechenya in the Post-September
11 World.” PSA Specialist Group on Communist and Post-Communist Politics,
Annual Conference. June 2002.
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