ABSTRACT

In 2013, international news headlines started referencing Georgian Tarkhan Batirashvili, or Omar al-Shishani, as a rising star among foreign fighters in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). At the time, it was puzzling why a Georgian Kist would fight for ISIS. However, following al-Shishani, around 200 other residents of Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge travelled to Syria and Iraq. The trend raised numerous questions about radicalization in this country with very limited experience with terrorism. This article examines why so many Pankisi Kists departed for Syria and Iraq. Specifically, we analyse the impact of the neighbouring insurgencies in the North Caucasus and examine how the Chechen conflicts shaped the emergence of radicalism in Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge. The article traces how the movement of individuals, equipment and ideas to and from Chechnya impacted the Muslim identity of the local population in Pankisi.

摘要

2013年，国际新闻头条开始将格鲁吉亚Tarkhan Batirashvili或Omar al-Shishani称为伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国（ISIS）外国战斗人员中的后起之秀。当时，令人迷惑的是为什么格鲁吉亚基斯特会为ISIS奋斗。然而，在艾尔·沙申尼之后，佐治亚州Pankisi峡谷的大约200名其他居民前往叙利亚和伊拉克。这种趋势引起了关于在恐怖主义经验非常有限的这个国家激进化的许多问题。本文探讨了为何有如此众多的Pankisi Kists前往叙利亚和伊拉克。具体来说，我们分析了北高加索地区附近叛乱的影响，并研究了车臣人的冲突如何塑造了佐治亚州Pankisi峡谷中激进主义的出现。这篇文章追溯了个人的运动如何，