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  • Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
    • in Ideologies · Radicalisation · Regions · Research

    The Swedish Mujahideen: An Exploratory Study of 41 Swedish Foreign Fighters Deceased in Iraq and Syria

    Journal Abstract This study analyzes the demographics, criminality, and network relations of forty-one deceased Swedish foreign fighters. Our results show that most of the deceased Swedish foreign fighters were on[…]

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    • in Groups · Regions · Research · Think-tank · World

    The Islamic State’s Global Insurgency and its Counterstrategy Implications

    Journal abstract At the dawn of its caliphate, the Islamic State’s global pretensions were limited to being the premier destination for foreign “travellers,” but we now understand that the caliphate[…]

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    • in Causes of radicalisation · Ideologies · Research · World

    Those Who Choose to Fight the Islamic State: Autobiographical Accounts of Western Volunteers

    Journal abstract This article is a qualitative study of anti-IS fighters who have traveled from the West to join the military struggle in Syria and Iraq. while earlier studies have[…]

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    • in Causes of radicalisation · Research · Think-tank · World

    A Comparative Analysis of the Data on Western Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: Who Went and Why?

    Journal abstract This report offers a concise, comprehensive, and critical overview of the empirical findings available on the background and possible motivations of the young Western men and women who[…]

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    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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    • in Radicalisation · Regions · Research · World

    From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists: Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups

    Publisher’s description At the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, thousands of pro-democracy rebel groups spontaneously formed to fight the Assad regime. Years later, the revolution was unrecognizable as[…]

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    • in Ideologies · Regions · Research · World

    Rethinking Political Islam

    Publisher’s description For years, scholars hypothesized about what Islamists might do if they ever obtained power. Now, academics and Islamists alike finally have answers. And they are confusing. In the[…]

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    Rearing Cubs of the Caliphate: An Examination of Child Soldier Recruitment by Da’esh

    Journal abstract This study investigates child soldier recruitment strategies of the Islamic State group (Da’esh). It argues that while the dominant caretaker and free-ranger approaches to child soldier recruitment make[…]

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    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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    Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
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    Waves of the Black Banner: An Exploratory Study on the Dutch Jihadist Foreign Fighter Contingent in Syria and Iraq

    Journal abstract Since the violent escalation of the Syrian conflict, 280 Dutch nationals have been flocking to Syria and Iraq to join jihadist terrorist organizations. Attempts to create a more[…]

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