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 […]
Daech tel qu’on l’a connu, n’existe plus. Son projet de création d’un nouveau califat à cheval sur la Syrie et l’Irak a échoué. L’essoufflement de la mobilisation djihadiste qui s’ensuivait […]
International politics is not about charity, but about the pursuit of interests. That seems self-evident, but to the European Union it wasn’t. For a long time the EU closed its […]
Terrorism tends to evolve in waves. The ISIS brand of terrorism is bound to wane too. It has lost much of its territory, income and tens of thousands of fighters. […]
The presence of former criminals in terrorist groups is neither new nor unprecedented. But with Daesh/Islamic State and the ongoing mobilisation of European jihadists, the phenomenon has become more pronounced, […]
The purpose of the Good Practices Exchange Forum is to bring together key individuals from law enforcement, academia, civil society and practitioners who face from differing perspectives a common challenge: […]