jueves, 23 de marzo de 2017

EPC Publications | The Challenge of Jihadist Radicalisation - In Europe and Beyond by Tahir Abbas, Vlado Azinović, Roberta Bonazzi, Marwa Farid, Andrea Frontini, Matthew Goodwin, Elham Manea, Amanda Paul, Alexander Ritzmann, Demir Murat Seyrek, Rupert Sutton, Herman Van Rompuy and Lorenzo Vidino

EPC Publications | The Challenge of Jihadist Radicalisation - In Europe and Beyond by Tahir Abbas, Vlado Azinović, Roberta Bonazzi, Marwa Farid, Andrea Frontini, Matthew Goodwin, Elham Manea, Amanda Paul, Alexander Ritzmann, Demir Murat Seyrek, Rupert Sutton, Herman Van Rompuy and Lorenzo Vidino

 

Over the past few years, Europe has found itself in the frontline in
the fight against terrorism and jihadist radicalisation. They have
become some of the most serious threats
to European security, and to the values the European Union was built on.
In the wake of the November 2015 Paris attacks, the European Policy
Centre (EPC), the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) and the
Counter Extremism Project (CEP) came together and decided to launch a
project to analyse the rise of jihadist radicalisation in Europe and
beyond and develop concrete policy recommendations to tackle the issue
head-on.

This book,
published exactly one year after the 2016 Brussels attacks, is the
result of a series of multi-stakeholder events and workshops, and
features contributions from renowned experts. As terrorism and
radicalisation become ever more complex and multifaceted, this study
goes beyond a mere cause-effect analysis and looks at the problem from
many different angles, including radicalisation in schools, universities
and mosques, geostrategic aspects, the nature of online extremist
narratives, the nexus between the extreme right and jihadist
radicalisation, and examples of effective countering violent extremism
(CVE) measures. The one thing all authors agree on is that, in order to
successfully address radicalisation and keep EU citizens (and others
around the world) safe from further terrorist attacks, intensified
cooperation and intelligence sharing between member states, and between
the EU and its partners, is an absolute must. Equally important is that
EU member states can offer marginalised and disillusioned youths at risk
of radicalisation a better alternative, and promote a positive
counter-narrative based on its own founding principles of freedom and
democracy.

 European Policy Centre