TERRORISM PROLIFERATION – RADICALISATION PHENOMENON IN EUROPE
TERRORISM PROLIFERATION – RADICALISATION PHENOMENON IN EUROPE

Author(s): Ana-Raluca Stan
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: radicalisation; (auto) radicalisation; migration; terrorism; globalization; Europe;
Summary/Abstract: This new type of Islamist terrorism is linked both to the fundamentalist movements that proliferate in the complex Muslim world, and to the widespread of Jihad ideas in the major Islamic communities of Western Europe. Beyond immediate risks, terrorism threatens openness and tolerance, principles specific to democratic societies, expressing doubt on the very foundation of contemporary secular regimes. In recent years, a particularly dangerous phenomenon is emerging through its unpredictability – the radicalisation of thousands of Muslim youth who do their “apprenticeship” on the fronts of Syria, Iraq, North Africa, etc. and which then return to the old European continent. They are defined as real “time bombs” not only for the countries where they live, practically for the entire community space, as a result of free movement at EU level. Reducing and eliminating the Islamist radicalisation process is one of the main challenges for European societies and a task of utmost importance for intelligence services.

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