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Europe’s “new” jihad: Homegrown, leaderless, virtual. Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 89 July 2017

Renard, Thomas. (2017) Europe’s “new” jihad: Homegrown, leaderless, virtual. Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 89 July 2017. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    Recent terrorist attacks in Europe were committed by homegrown radicals, mostly by loners with limited ties to the Islamic State, if any. Many observers agree that the jihadi threat is indeed changing, but the nature of these changes is often exaggerated or misconceived. As a result, our capacity to craft effective counter-terrorism policies is hindered, despite their urgent necessity. This policy brief seeks therefore to better understand the key elements and drivers of the new jihadi threat in Europe – and indeed to determine what is actually new about it – while offering some recommendations.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Third Pillar/JHA/PJCC/AFSJ > terrorism
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Egmont : Royal Institute for International Affairs > Security Policy Briefs
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 11 Aug 2017 14:27
    Number of Pages: 7
    Last Modified: 11 Aug 2017 14:27
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/88539

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