This Research Paper explores how militant Islamists use propaganda to appeal to and radicalise supporters. It offers an alternative to the view that ideology is the key to understanding and countering the appeal of militant Islamism. Drawing on studies from the behavioural and social sciences, it analyses how strategies of meaning, credibility and behavioural change […]
As is well-known, today the danger of so-called “foreign fighters” in Syria and Iraq has ranked high on the agenda. In this regard, Italy represents an interesting national case. It presents noteworthy particularities that distinguish it, in part, from other European countries. The contingent of Italy’s jihadists who have travelled to Syria and Iraq appears […]
France is one of the countries where so-called ‘administrative measures’ are applied to address foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and respond to the terrorism threat they pose. This trend of seeking new legal avenues to respond to the phenomenon of FTFs can be observed in other countries as well, and was the topic of a High […]