https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/09/22/the-new-great-game/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 17:55:37 -0400<![CDATA[While the world celebrates the United Nations Peace Day, danger continues to brew just out of sight of the choreographed pageantry in distant parts of the Caucasus and in South Asia, far from the quite towns of civilized Western Europe. Here violence does not mean schoolyard bullying; it means combat at its most brutal with weapons at their most apocalyptic. Janes claims that the Chechen insurgency in Russia has metastized into a full-blown Islamist insurrection. It writes:]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:34:59 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/09/22/the-new-great-game-n189205