The mobilisation of European volunteers for the jihad in Syria and Iraq was unprecedented. Fighters returning to Europe present a […]
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Tag: terrorism
“Threats and Challenges in the Post-Qaddafi Libya”, Erzsébet N. Rózsa (IWE CERS, Hungary)
In the past decade, the post-Qaddafi Libya—its transition, the struggle for accessing its natural resources, and the fight against terrorism—has […]
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“Social ties and Jihadist terrorism: what turns violent radicalisation into terrorist involvement?”, Álvaro Vicente (Elcano, Spain)
An analysis of the social ties that link a group of young people, radicalised into Jihadism in Spain, to various […]
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“A European Strategy in Libya: an Uneasy Bargain”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Barcelona)
The capacity of the European Union to shape events constructively in southern rim Mediterranean countries has been questioned since its […]
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“Reviewing Jihadist Governance in the Sahel”, Natasja Rupesinghe, Mikael Hiberg Naghizadeh and Corentin Cohen (NUPI, Norway)
The ways in which jihadist insurgents in the Sahel govern is rarely considered in the academic literature. They have often […]
Read more“Energy infrastructure as a target of terrorist attacks from the IS”, Lukáš Tichý (IIR, Czech Republic)
Lukáš Tichý, Energy infrastructure as a target of terrorist attacks from the IS Attacks on energy sectors and transport infrastructure […]
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“UK Counters Rise of White Supremacists”, Francis Ghilès (CIDOB, Spain)
Francis Ghilès, UK Counters Rise of White Supremacists, November 2018 The recent move to give Britain’s domestic security agency MI5 […]
Read more“The IS and Attacks on the Oil and Gas Sector in Iraq”, Lukas Tichy (IIR, Czech Republic)
Attacks on energy sectors are an important part of the strategy of Islamist militant and terrorist organisations such as Al […]
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“A joined-up Union in counterterrorism and public diplomacy: Let’s stay on the right track!”, Lorenzo Vai (IAI, Italy)
The search for a more effective method of work has been explicitly mentioned in the EU Global Strategy (EUGS) through […]
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Robert Schuman Centre held a discussion on ‘Terrorism and Security Governance’
On 22 June the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies held a discussion on ‘Terrorism and Security Governance’ involving both […]
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“Moroccans and the second generation among Jihadists in Spain”, Fernando Reinares & Carola García-Calvo (Elcano, Spain)
A large majority of Jihadists in Spain are either Moroccans or descendants of Moroccans. But it is more likely for […]
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“Basque terrorist group ETA disbands after 60 years”, William Chislett (Elcano, Spain)
It has been a long time coming, but finally the Basque separatist group ETA has dissolved itself, ending one of […]
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Will there be a Kurdish state?, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog, October 2017 Terrorism, oil, the crisis in Iraq, the Syrian civil war and the burden of geopolitics all […]
Read moreThe Disappearance of the Battlefield in the War on Terror, Antoine Bousquet (IIR, Czech Republic)
The classic image of the battlefield evokes a bounded physical space in which massed armies clash for a day […]
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‘There is no life without jihad and no jihad without hijrah’: the jihadist mobilisation of women in Spain, 2014-16, Carola García-Calvo (Elcano, Spain)
This analysis looks at the women who are recruited to join Islamic State in Spain: who they are, how they […]
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Jihadist mobilisation, undemocratic Salafism and terrorist threat in the EU, Fernando Reinares (Elcano, Spain)
Each time a terrorist attack is perpetrated, jihadism is to be thought of not just as a national security problem […]
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Reconfiguring European States in Crisis, Desmond King and Patrick Le Galès (ed.) (Sciences Po, France)
Reconfiguring European States in Crisis offers a ground-breaking analysis by some of Europe’s leading political scientists, examining how the European national […]
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