Publication

This publication examines the use of Russian air power and the Chechen response to the use of military force during the second part of the conflict in 1999. The author assesses whether this type of conflict is a new phenomenon, a traditional form of insurgency or an example of conventional warfare. He concludes that although the conflict displayed features of all three categories, it was only the Wahhabis who waged an ideological war and therefore insurgency comes to the fore as the prevailing category of warfare in the second Chechen war.