Provides the first in-depth examination of foreign fighter returnees and the challenges they pose for their home countries
Offers a unique review of the multiple waves of Islamist foreign fighters, not just one particular conflict
Examines novel issues that are developing with Islamist terrorist groups, including the role of women and children
Elena Pokalova is Associate Professor of Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, USA. Her research areas include terrorism, radicalization, countering violent extremism, ethnic conflict, and the Caucasus.
Chapter 1
The Returnee Challenge
Chapter 2
Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: Aberration from History or History Repeated?
Chapter 3
Foreign Fighters After the Conflict Ends
Chapter 4
Foreign Fighter Returnees from Syria and Iraq
Chapter 5
Dealing with the Challenge: Responses to Foreign Fighters and Foreign Fighter Returnees
Chapter 6
Prosecution of Foreign Fighter Returnees
Chapter 7
Women, Jihad, and Female Returnees
Chapter 8
Child Returnees
Chapter 9
Moving Forward
This book examines the challenges foreign fighter returnees from Syria and Iraq pose to Western countries. A number of returnees have demonstrated that they are willing to use violence against their home countries, and some have already staged terrorist attacks on Western soil on apparent orders from ISIS. Through the historical context of previous waves of mobilizations of Islamist foreign fighters, the author tracks the experiences of returnees from previous conflicts and discusses the major security challenges associated with them. The book analyzes the major approaches implemented by Western countries in response to foreign fighter returnees, discusses the prosecution of returnees, and evaluates the corresponding challenges of prison radicalization.
Elena Pokalova is Associate Professor of Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, USA. Her research areas include terrorism, radicalization, countering violent extremism, ethnic conflict, and the Caucasus.
"Pokalova´s book is an important quest to understand a form of terrorism that still poses perils to the West and should not be taken lightly.” (C. C. Lovett, Choice, Vol. 58 (1), September, 2020)
This book examines the challenges foreign fighter returnees from Syria and Iraq pose to Western countries. The book analyzes the major approaches implemented by Western countries in response to foreign fighter returnees, discusses the prosecution of returnees, and evaluates the corresponding challenges of prison radicalization.
1. The Returnee Challenge.- 2. Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: Aberration from History or History Repeated?.- 3. Foreign Fighters After the Conflict Ends.- 4. Foreign Fighter Returnees from Syria and Iraq.- 5. Dealing with the Challenge: Responses to Foreign Fighters and Foreign Fighter Returnees.- 6. Prosecution of Foreign Fighter Returnees.- 7. Women, Jihad, and Female Returnees.- 8. Child Returnees.- 9. Moving Forward.
"Pokalova's book is an important quest to understand a form of terrorism that still poses perils to the West and should not be taken lightly." (C. C. Lovett, Choice, Vol. 58 (1), September, 2020)
Über den Autor
Elena Pokalova is Associate Professor of Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, USA. Her research areas include terrorism, radicalization, countering violent extremism, ethnic conflict, and the Caucasus.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1
The Returnee Challenge
Chapter 2
Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: Aberration from History or History Repeated?
Chapter 3
Foreign Fighters After the Conflict Ends
Chapter 4
Foreign Fighter Returnees from Syria and Iraq
Chapter 5
Dealing with the Challenge: Responses to Foreign Fighters and Foreign Fighter Returnees
Chapter 6
Prosecution of Foreign Fighter Returnees
Chapter 7
Women, Jihad, and Female Returnees
Chapter 8
Child Returnees
Chapter 9
Moving Forward
Klappentext
This book examines the challenges foreign fighter returnees from Syria and Iraq pose to Western countries. A number of returnees have demonstrated that they are willing to use violence against their home countries, and some have already staged terrorist attacks on Western soil on apparent orders from ISIS. Through the historical context of previous waves of mobilizations of Islamist foreign fighters, the author tracks the experiences of returnees from previous conflicts and discusses the major security challenges associated with them. The book analyzes the major approaches implemented by Western countries in response to foreign fighter returnees, discusses the prosecution of returnees, and evaluates the corresponding challenges of prison radicalization.
Provides the first in-depth examination of foreign fighter returnees and the challenges they pose for their home countries
Offers a unique review of the multiple waves of Islamist foreign fighters, not just one particular conflict
Examines novel issues that are developing with Islamist terrorist groups, including the role of women and children
