Dealing with European Foreign Fighters in Syria: Governance Challenges and Legal Implications

Edwin Bakker, Christophe Paulussen, Eva Entenmann

Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies · 2013 · 24 citations · 6 references

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The number of European foreign fighters with a jihadist political agenda participating in the Syrian civil war has increased exponentially over the past months and has become an ever-growing concern for European policymakers. It is particularly the possibility that returned foreign fighters have radicalised that makes them a potential threat – if only to themselves […]

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