| Description |
1 online resource (v, 51 pages) : color illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- Chapter 1: The phenomenon of foreign fighters -- conceptualization and review of existing explanation. -- Conceptualization. -- Explaining the motivations of foreign fighters. -- Models of radicalization. -- Chapter 2: Scoping the phenomenon of Jihadist foreign fighters. -- Dataset construction. -- Overview of data. -- Data limitations and caveats. -- Chapter 3: Motivations and radicalization of Jihadist foreign fighters. -- Socio-economic factors. -- Ethnic or religious attachment and recruitment. -- Foreign fighters vs. "local" jihadists. -- Chapter 4: Foreign fighters on the battlefield. -- Arriving in Iraq and Syria. -- Waging jihad in Iraq and Syria. -- Chapter 5: Returning home. -- Organizational affiliation and time in theater. -- Socio-demographic background and aspects of identity. -- Threat potential. -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
The recruitment, radicalization, travel, and return of opposition foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq pose unique challenges at home and abroad in both the short and long term. In an effort to shed more light on the nature of this problem, the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point collected a large dataset of open source information on individuals who attempted or successfully traveled to Syria and Iraq from 2012-2015 to join one of the many groups opposing the Bashar al-Assad regime, with a focus on fighters coming from Western countries.* The goal of this collection was not to create a master list of all foreign fighters, but to see how information in the open source could shine light on the three stages of what the CTC refers to as the "foreign fighter lifecycle": pre-departure, in theater, and return. In examining the entire lifecycle, the goal was to paint a picture of the depth and nuance of the overall threat. In doing so, several key findings emerged. Some of these findings reinforce existing understanding of the foreign fighter problem, while others provide new insights into the challenging nature of this issue |
| Notes |
"November 2016." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (CTC, viewed May 22, 2017) |
| Subject |
Terrorists -- Statistics
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Jihad.
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Terrorists -- Recruiting.
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Terrorists -- Social aspects -- Evaluation
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Jihad.
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Terrorists.
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Terrorists -- Recruiting.
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Milton, Daniel, author
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Combating Terrorism Center (U.S.), publisher
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