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Jihadology: Emergency Pod: Caucusus Jihadis in Disarray with Joanna Paraszczuk (June 16, 2015)

Aaron Y. Zelin
Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 9:00 PM

Welcome to an emergency Jihadology Podcast about the fluid situation amongst Caucasus jihadis in Syria and back at home.

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Welcome to an emergency Jihadology Podcast about the fluid situation amongst Caucasus jihadis in Syria and back at home.

On this episode Aaron interviewed Joanna Paraszczuk, a journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s ‘Under the Black Flag’ blog. They discussed the recent controversies within Jaysh al-Muhajirun wal-Ansar and the Arab coup against the Chechen leaders, the state of the insurgency in the Caucasus, and how The Islamic State hopes to take advantage of the disarray in the ranks of the Caucasus Emirate. Links:

The podcast is produced by Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email podcast@jihadology.net or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod. If you enjoy the show, please rate it in iTunes and tell your friends!

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Aaron Y. Zelin is the Richard Borow Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a visiting research scholar in the Department of Politics at Brandeis University, and the founder of Jihadology. He is also the author of the book “Your Sons Are At Your Service: Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad” (Columbia University Press, 2020) and the recent booklet “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.”

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