Assessing the Role of Chechnya in the War on Terror
On 16 October 2003 Dr Brian Williams, Assistant Professor for the Department of History, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth gave a presentation on Al Qaeda, Transnational Jihadi Warriors, and the Chechen Resistance. Assessing the Role of Chechnya in the War on Terror.
In this presentation he critically assessed the validity of claims linking the Chechen resistance to Al Qaeda. He paid particular attention to Arab jihadis fighting for the Chechen rebels during the first and the second war in Chechnya.
Dr. Williams has travelled extensively throughout Afghanistan and Central Asia and has personally interviewed both officials and Taliban prisoners in Northern Afghanistan. He is very experienced within his field of expertise and he has done extensive research in Afghanistan focusing mainly on transnational jihadi militant movements and Al Qaeda terrorists. His teaching also includes such topics as nationalism and identity in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
