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Tagged: foreign fighters

  • Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
    • in Radicalisation · Regions · Research · World

    Lessons from September 11 about the post-conflict threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters

    Journal abstract As the Islamic State’s hold on territory was gradually diminished in Iraq and Syria, countries around the world expressed concern that the group’s large contingent of foreign terrorist[…]

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    • in Regions · Research · World

    Sometimes they come back: responding to American foreign fighter returnees and other Elusive threats

    Journal abstract Much has been made of the threat of battle hardened jihadis from Islamist insurgencies, especially Syria. But do Americans who return home after gaining experience fighting abroad pose[…]

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    • in Regions · Research · World

    In Limited Demand: The Other Foreign Volunteers in the Syrian Civil War

    Journal abstract The wars in Syria and Iraq attracted about 45,000 individuals from outside the arenas. Most joined the Islamic State, but interestingly, other prominent armed groups showed less interest[…]

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    journal for deradicalization
    • in De-radicalisation · Regions · Research · World

    Evidence-Based Informed Policy Design for Support Groups for Families of Foreign Fighters: Ex Ante Application of Realistic Evaluation and Review

    Journal abstract Most programs to prevent and counter violent extremism (CVE) now include support programs for families of violent extremists. However, like many other CVE interventions and programs, the evidence[…]

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    • in Groups · Regions · Research · World

    Politics, Networks and Community: Recruitment for the International Brigades Reassessed

    Journal abstract Despite decades of scholarship, historians have struggled to explain the decision made by the tens of thousands of volunteers who joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil[…]

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    behavioral-sciences-of-terrorism-and-political-aggression
    • in Regions · Research · World

    A ‘Tale of two Jihadis’? Improperly conflating terrorists and foreign fighters in the Arab spring

    Journal abstract This article draws on a unique dataset of state-level data for 196 countries to establish answers to three research questions. We begin by exploring whether a global spike[…]

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  • ctc sentinel
    • in Groups · Research

    Children at War: Foreign Child Recruits of the Islamic State

    Journal abstract The Islamic State’s recruitment of children is a challenge with no easy solutions. Islamic State foreign fighter records show that foreign children fighters tend to be, as expected,[…]

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    ctc sentinel
    • in Discussions on Policy · Research

    Treatment of Terrorists: How Does Gender Affect Justice?

    Journal abstract From arrests and sentencing to post-conflict reintegration, mounting evidence suggests that men and women engaged in terrorism-related activity receive differential treatment from government institutions. Though myriad factors shape[…]

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  • terrorism-and-political-violence
    • in Radicalisation · Research

    Foreign Fighter Returnees: An Indefinite Threat?

    Journal abstract How long does it typically take a returned foreign fighter to launch a domestic terror attack? The issue of returnees, and appropriate national and international responses to potential[…]

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    terrorism-and-political-violence
    • in Regions · Research · World

    The Threat of Returning Foreign Fighters: Finnish State Responses to the Volunteers in the Spanish and Syria-Iraq Civil Wars

    Journal abstract The conflict in Syria and Iraq from 2011 onwards, and the Spanish Civil War in 1936–39 both witnessed a very relevant foreign fighter phenomenon. Even if the ideological[…]

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