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Foreign Terrorist Fighters from Southeast Asia: What Happens Next?
This article was originally published by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague. Introduction The last stronghold of the Islamic State, the Syrian town of Baghouz, fell to a coalition of Kurdish and Arab soldiers (backed by American, French, and British commandos) in March 2019. Following the collapse of ISIS’s “caliphate,” there are still significant […]
The Enduring Legacy of French and Belgian Islamic State Foreign Fighters
This article was originally published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute. The Islamic State’s attacks in Paris in November 2015 and Brussels in March 2016 demonstrated ISIS’s reach from the heart of its “caliphate” in the Middle East to major European capitals. Foreign fighters from France and Belgium consistently proved themselves as capable members, as they have […]
What do Asia’s returning Isis fighters do next? You’re about to find out
This article was originally published by South China Morning Post. Nearly one year after the fall of Baghouz, the last remaining stronghold in the territorial caliphate of Islamic State (Isis), there is still widespread uncertainty about the fate of hundreds of foreign fighters from Southeast Asia. More than 1,000 people from the Philippines, Indonesia and […]
Terrorists and Technological Innovation
This article was originally published by Lawfare. The authors appreciate the support of the Canadian Department of National Defence, which provided them a Targeted Engagement Grant to fund the research that forms the backbone of this article. The technical study from which this article is adapted, which was co-authored with David Jones of the Edmonton-based […]
Greece Is the Weak Spot in Post-Caliphate European Counterterrorism
This article was originally published by The National Interest. Greece has been dubbed the “soft underbelly” of the European Union for terrorists looking to infiltrate the continent. The Islamic State’s territorial caliphate was crushed nearly a year ago when the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS liberated Baghouz, the militant group’s last sliver of territory in Syria. […]