An academic article behind a pay-wall, but the Abstract is free and with my emphasis:
Link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2018.1497987?journalCode=ftpv20#.W1tFdN_Paus.twitter
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Foreign Fighter Returnees: An Indefinite Threat?
An academic article behind a pay-wall, but the Abstract is free and with my emphasis:
Link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2018.1497987?journalCode=ftpv20#.W1tFdN_Paus.twitter
Raffaello Pantucci, from RUSI, prompted by two...
Raffaello Pantucci, from RUSI, prompted by two high-profile cases, involving lone extreme right wingers in the past week, reminds us to be blunt they talk or announce their intentions beforehand:...
No country can kill its way out of the problem
Catching up on my reading I found this early December 2017 article by Shashank Joshi (ex-RUSI), written after the brand new Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson call the day before:
Link to...
He was normal, but went to Syria to fight
A short video (12 mins) about five boys - three of them brothers - who left Brighton (UK) to Syria:...
The Returnees
A short BBC radio programme (38 mins) by Gordon Corera, in part explained as:
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0742hlf
Who did those going to fight join?
Yesterday I had the chance to ask a SME on the flow of foriegn fighters from the UK to Syria and whcih faction they joined:
Most UK estimates are that 300 have returned, with a substantial number...
Former jihadis are the key to defeating Isil
A short comment by Richard Barrett, ex-SIS (MI6), who argues we have so far refused to consider this option:...
"Out of the box" thinking
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11722736/77-anniversary-Britain-should-charter-flight-to-take-wannabe-jihadists-to-Syria-says-former-counter-terror-chief.html
I didn’t think my presence in Syria would be able to help anyone
At last an interview with two UK citizens who went to fight the Assad regime in Syria, not joining ISIS or al-Nusra and who have...
We are at the edge of a cliff
The title is taken from the commentary by the chair of the House of Commons Home Affairs select Committee (HASC), which today published its report 'Counter-terrorism: foreign...
We were defending British values, say Syria Britons
A C4 report based on two British citizens who went to Syria and have returned. There are is a film clip using two interviews, with some footage on the conflict and a less valuable studio session with...
Returned fighter: DIY
Sadly a story that is not unexpected, despite all the statements of intent from ministers and others - from the BBC:
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30854621
A fascinating ninety-six minutes
An event yesterday @ The Frontline Club, London on the "wicked problem" 'The Fate of Foreign Fighters Returning from Syria and Iraq' with a panel with Shiraz Maher (Kings College's ICSR), Richard...
Police betrayed me,’ says mother of imprisoned British jihadi
The headline this week in The Guardian, after a terrorism trial where two young men from Birmingham pleaded guilty - anticipating a minimal two years sentence - and got twelve...
A Better Response to the Foreign Fighter Threat
From Lawfare a short piece by Daniel Byman & Jeremy Shapiro, which address whether jailing returning fighters is good public...
Powers to stop British jihadists returning to UK - PM
Not exactly a surprising announcement by PM David Cameron:
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30041923 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30048278
Just why this statement had to be...
What can we learn from jihadists talking?
A lengthy New Statesman article by ICSR's Shiraz Maher:
Link:http://www.newstatesman.com/2014/10/portsmouth-kobane
Jihad or Adventure? CTC has some answers
In the last CTC Newsltter is a short article, it is slightly strange being based on survey research in Syria:
They conclude (cited in part):
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Jihad or Adventure?
I can only give an estimate about the UK.
It is important to note initially the main emphasis was going to fight in Syria, not Iraq; nor until relatively recently was ISIS the main destination.
...
Coming home: nuance needed
Rachel Briggs, who has long been thinking on the 'Prevent' issues, has a blog comment 'We need a more nuanced approach for dealing with british jihadists who want to come...
A short comprehensive review, the title says it...
A short comprehensive review, the title says it all 'British Jihadis in Iraq and Syria: How should we deal with them when they come home?', in The Independent (UK)...
The Danish way
A short UK C4 News report on the Danish approach when fighters return home:http://www.channel4.com/news/can-returning-jihadis-be-reintegrated-into-society
The C4 News website does not have the...
The UK’s Counter-Radicalization Strategy Just Failed; What Now?
James Brandon, a British observer of the CT scene has this long column on WoTR, which is rather surprising given his past affiliations to UK "think tanks" who sought a change in the direction of...
A twelve minute long Sky News Special which has...
A twelve minute long Sky News Special which has some new material, notably an ex-jihadist's explanation of what is involved and the role of gangs, social media and the need to do...
I missed this report's publication in July 2014...
I missed this report's publication in July 2014 by an unconventional advocacy group, once known as Caged Prisoners,, now simply...