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 …

The activities of charismatic preachers promote “violent radicalization” 1 by encouraging
their followers in the diaspora to engage in violent extremism, whether as foreign fighters in …

This study examines early intervention against individual radicalization. The data originate
from interviews with young Muslims in Norway who had experienced interventions related to …

Foreign fighters are not a new phenomenon. 1 However, the present stream of foreign
jihadist fighters to the Levant is unprecedented in recent times. Since the caliphate was …

There is a large research field focusing on the recurrence of civil wars, yet this literature has
omitted to seriously consider religious dimensions and ideational features of armed conflicts …

This report looks into policies on returning foreign fighters in Belgium, Germany and the
Netherlands. It is the very first systematic and in-depth study into national approaches and …

Terrorist attacks in Brussels (May 2014) and Paris (January and November 2015) highlight
the threat related to the arrival of foreign fighters (FFs) from civil wars elsewhere. We …

Why did some American citizens choose to travel to fight in Syria and Iraq rather than
engage in Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-inspired terrorism in the United States? We …

How do foreign fighters access the battlefield? Research has found that social networks are
important for joining groups involved in violence. Foreign fighters have no such connections …

This article draws on frame theory to explore the ideational dimensions of the Boko Haram
phenomenon. Speech acts by Boko Haram's leaders are analyzed to interrogate how the …