The challenge of Jihadist radicalisation. In Europe and beyond. 2017

Van Rompuy, Herman and Bonazzi, Roberta and Frontini, Andrea and Ritzmann, Alexander and Manea, Elham and Goodwin, Matthew and Azinovic´, Vlado and Murat Seyrek, Demir and Paul, Paul and Farid,, Marwa and Sutton, Rupert and Abbas, Tahir and Vidino, Lorenzo (2017) The challenge of Jihadist radicalisation. In Europe and beyond. 2017. Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > CEPS Special Reports . UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Today Europe finds itself on the frontline in the fight against terrorism and jihadist radicalisation. Over the past fourteen months, the horrendous terrorist attacks that have taken place in France, Germany and Belgium, as well as in Turkey, Tunisia, and elsewhere around the world, have claimed hundreds of lives. As a Belgian national, the three bombs that were detonated in my country, in the departure hall of the Brussels International Airport in Zaventem, and at the Maelbeek Metro station, a few hundred metres from key EU institutions, was a particularly traumatic moment for me. In many ways, the attacks of 22 March were Belgium’s own 9/11, representing the worst terrorist attacks committed on Belgian territory in the country’s modern history. The attacks demonstrate a clear shift in the resolve and ability of jihadist terrorists to inflict mass casualties on urban populations, and are devised to induce a high state of well-publicised terror

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