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Foreign Fighter Returnees

"Foreign Fighter Returnee" is a transnational terrorism-related construct denoting an individual who has traveled from their country of origin to participate in armed conflict abroad on behalf of a terrorist organization and subsequently returned, posing potential security threats due to acquired combat experience, extremist networks, and ideological radicalization.

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Publications

1.2K

Citations

34

Authors

19

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

12

Variants

Foreign Terrorist Fighter Returnees

Parents

Publications

22

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Explaining Variation in Western Jihadists' Choice between Domestic and Foreign Fighting

Thomas Hegghammer · American Political Science Review · 2013 · 355 citations

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Military Returnees From Afghanistan and Iraq

Matthew J. Friedman · American Journal of Psychiatry · 2006 · 167 citations

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Beyond the Caliphate: Foreign Fighters and the Threat of Returnees

Richard Barrett · 2017 · 124 citations

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Military Returnees From Afghanistan and Iraq

Matthew J. Friedman · American Journal of Psychiatry · 2006 · 113 citations

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Foreign Fighter Returnees: An Indefinite Threat?

David Malet, Rachel Hayes · Terrorism and Political Violence · 2018 · 39 citations

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Authors

34

  1. EB
    Edwin Bakker

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    3 publications · 50 citations

    3

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  2. EE
    Eva Entenmann

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 36 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. MJ
    Matthew J. Friedman

    National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, United States

    2 publications · 280 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. RK
    R. Kim Cragin

    RAND Corporation, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. AS
    Adrian Shtuni

    1 publications · 26 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

19

  1. National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

    White River Junction, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    280 citations

  2. Asser Institute

    The Hague, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    48 citations

  3. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  4. United States Department of Justice

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  5. National Defense University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  6. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    60 citations

  7. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  8. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Psychiatry

    2 publications · 280 citations

    2

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  2. Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies

    1 publications · 24 citations

    1

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  3. Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies

    1 publications · 13 citations

    1

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  4. Caucasus Survey

    1 publications · 33 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

    1 publications · 37 citations

    1

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