Nationalities Working Group

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The Nationalities Working Group was established on 20 January 1978 as a group within the National Security Council of the US, functioning under the umbrella of the East-West Planning Group. It was interagency task force thatdealt with the non-Russian regions of the Soviet Union.^[1] Alexandre Bennigsen had influenced Zbigniew Brzezinski in establishing the group which continued to show the influence of Bennigsen's approach to Islamic nationalities in Central Asia.

It was originally headed by Paul B. Henze.^[2] Other participants included the CIA veteran Jeremy Azrael.^[2]

Richard Pipes headed the group under the Reagan administration.^[2]

References

↑ Henze, Paul B. (n.d.). The North Caucus Barrier: Circassian resistance to Russia. Jamestown Foundation.
1 2 3 Kalinovsky, Artemy M. (2015). "Encouraging Resistance: Paul Henze, the Bennigsen school, and the crisis of détente". Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies During the Cold War. doi:10.4324/9781315758619-8 . Retrieved 16 October 2018.

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[Henze_Circassian_Resistance-1] Henze, Paul B. (n.d.). The North Caucus Barrier: Circassian resistance to Russia. Jamestown Foundation.

[Kalinovsky-2] 1 2 3 Kalinovsky, Artemy M. (2015). "Encouraging Resistance: Paul Henze, the Bennigsen school, and the crisis of détente". Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies During the Cold War. doi:10.4324/9781315758619-8 . Retrieved 16 October 2018.

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