The Armed Incident in Georgia’s Lopota Valley and its Implications for the Security Situation of the South Caucasus

Abstract

This article seeks to explore the armed incident in Georgia's Lopota Valley in the second half of 2012 and its implications for the security architecture of the Greater Caucasus region in general, and Russo-Georgian relations in particular.

Keywords

• Georgia
• Dagestan
• Chechnya
• insurgency
• Caucasus
• Russia
• Islamist
• Jihad