Extremist migration : a foreign jihadist fighter threat assessment / Shima D. Keene.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Keene, Shima D., author.

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, issuing body.

Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IS (Organization).

Extremists.

Emigration and immigration.

Security, International.

Emigration and Immigration.

Medical Subjects:

Emigration and Immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 67 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Foreign jihadist fighter threat assessment

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"Military action by the U.S. Army and its partners resulting in the reduction in territory controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) does not mean that the threat from foreign jihadist fighters has been extinguished. At the end of any conflict, surviving foreign fighters are likely to disperse in numerous directions. The question is where they are likely to go and whether and how they will re-emerge as a threat to the U.S. Army and the United States, as well as Western interests more broadly. In order to be able to tackle the threat effectively, the U.S. Army must be able to frame the right questions, seek the answers to those questions, and address the issues highlighted. The inability to do so will negatively affect existing and future U.S. Army operations as well as U.S. interests both at home and abroad" -- Foreword.

Contents:

Introduction

The foreign jihadist fighter defined

Threat posed by foreign fighters

How many foreign fighters are there?

Where do they come from?

Motivation

Recruitment

Human migration crisis

implications

Jihadist migration routes

Jihadists in disguise

Where next? Emerging battlefields

Returning foreign fighters

Understanding the flow of events. Need

Opportunity

Method of travel

Support mechanisms

Understanding the enablers. The internet

Poor governance and corruption

Inadequate counter threat finance measures

Vulnerability of nongovernmental organizations and refugee camps

Recommendations. Recommendation 1 : Understand the network

Recommendation 2 : Prevent recruitment

Recommendation 3 : Tackle corruption

Recommendation 4 : Address knowledge gaps

Recommendation 5 : Provide training and education

Recommendation 6 : Adopt an integrated approach

Recommendation 7 : Predictive analysis

Endnotes.

Notes:

"May 2019."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-67).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SSI, viewed May 24, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Keene, Shima D. Extremist migration.

OCLC:

1104366584