Returnees in the Maghreb. A European perspective
More than 10,000 individuals travelled from Europe and North Africa to fight in Syria and Iraq. Now, Europe and North Africa are dealing with the challenge of returning foreign fighters, […]
More than 10,000 individuals travelled from Europe and North Africa to fight in Syria and Iraq. Now, Europe and North Africa are dealing with the challenge of returning foreign fighters, […]
On 12 November, the UN Security Council organised an Arria meeting on the challenges of radicalisation in prison. Our Senior Fellow Thomas Renard was invited to share his academic expertise […]
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Europa kan zijn Syriëgangers niet langer negeren. Een ‘gecontroleerde’ repatriëring lijkt de minst slechte optie, vinden Rik Coolsaet et Thomas Renard. This article was first published in De standaard.
In the context of the Turkish military offensive in northern Syria, and the resulting insecurity and instability in the various camps and prisons where ISIS foreign fighters are being held, […]
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Donald Trump’s unexpected decision to abandon the United States’s Kurdish partners as the Turkish military initiated a new offensive in northern Syria will have serious ramifications for how the United States and its partners […]
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The European Union and its Member States blame US President Donald Trump for withdrawing American troops from Northern Syria, thus paving the way for Turkey to send its armed forces […]
It has become common to point out the connections that exist between criminality and terrorism. In Belgium, like elsewhere, we have witnessed petty criminals (as well as grand bandits) joining […]
12.30 Registration and Lunch 14.00 Introduction – Egmont Institute Thomas Renard, Senior Research Fellow on Terrorism and (Counter-)radicalization 14.15 Presentation of the research report and self-evaluation tool – University of […]
A group of 10 Shades Network Members has been selected to join a study trip in Belgium. During their stay, they explored the “Belgian federalism case” in all its facets […]
Seminar with His Excellency Mr. Adel AL-JUBEIR, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)