Triggering Factors in the second Russian-Chechen Conflict in 1999
Michael Brown demonstrated in his article, The Causes and Regional Dimensions of Internal Conflict, that one of three main types of conflict driven by internal elite is power struggles. According to him, "power struggles are most likely to lead to widespread violence when three conditions are met: political elites are vulnerable; group histories are antagonistic; and domestic economic problems are mounting".
Around the time when ...