This Is Not Over Yet: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the EU after the Paris Attacks
This Is Not Over Yet: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in the EU after the Paris Attacks

Author(s): Kacper Rękawek
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Radical sociology
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Paris terrorist attack; terrorism; counterterrorism; violence; European Union; Islamic State; new security measures;
Summary/Abstract: The attacks in Paris are not the beginning of new terrorism in Europe. EU Member States have been threatened by such deeds perpetrated by individuals motivated by the Islamic State (IS), or IS returnees from Syria, for at least three years. Countering this threat proves difficult, and one could expect French pressure to see other Member States prioritise counterterrorism more in their security strategies. Central European countries, far less threatened by terrorism than their Western European counterparts, will also be forced to respond to such calls.

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