PROJECT:
inDeX OF RADICALISATION IN EUROPE
Project Manager:
NICOLò SCREMIN
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Index of Violent Radicalisation of European Countries
Threats from violent extremism are constantly changing, and they come in different forms and manifestations. Many OCSE countries have been challenged by ethnic separatists, while others have struggled with militants from the extreme Left and Right. In recent years, there has been a surge in violent extremists claiming to act in the name of religion. Since 2012, more than 10,000 citizens or permanent residents of OSCE countries have joined groups like al-Qaeda and the so- called Islamic State (often referred to as Daesh, or IS) in Syria and Iraq. Some of their supporters have carried out terrorist attacks in European cities, such as Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, London, Berlin, and Stockholm. While most experts believe that IS’s self-declared “Caliphate“ is crumbling, regional instability and terrorist threats are certain to persist.
Peter Neumann (Director of ICSR, King’s College London)
Given the context outlined in the quote above, this research project, the first of its kind, aims to formulate the most comprehensive index of violent radicalisation in Europe, resulting in 12 country studies and one substantive Europe-wide report.
Building on work aimed at providing guidelines as to how authorities should tackle the issues in question, not every study will be limited exclusively to Jihadi terrorism, but it will also include right/left wing motivated terrorism and any other type of terrorism, and will feature anything ranging from mere rhetoric (ideological support), to actual engagement in violence.
