The Radicalization of Diasporas and Terrorism
The Radicalization of Diasporas and Terrorism: A Joint Conference by the RAND Corporation and the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Bruce Hoffman
William Rosenau
Andrew J. Curiel
Doron Zimmermann
Copyright Date: 2007
Edition: 1
Published by: RAND Corporation
Pages: 54
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/cf229
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The Radicalization of Diasporas and Terrorism
Book Description:

Certain Diaspora communities, frustrated by a perceived war against the Muslim world, have turned against their adopted homelands, targeting the government and its people by supporting terrorist attacks against Western countries through recruitment, fundraising, and training. The problem is exacerbated by the open borders of globalization. Emerging threats must be identified without alienating Diaspora communities and thereby playing into terrorist hands.

eISBN: 978-0-8330-4237-8
Subjects: Political Science
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-ii)
  2. PREFACE
    PREFACE (pp. iii-iv)
  3. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. v-vi)
  4. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (pp. vii-xii)

    Diaspora¹ involvement in terrorist activity is not a new phenomenon; however, new trends have begun to emerge in the modus operandi of the global jihadist movement. Specifically, and perhaps most alarmingly, members of Diaspora communities are now participating in terrorist attacks against their adopted governments. Historically, Diaspora communities provided support to terrorist organizations involved in homeland conflicts. Violence may have occurred in their adopted countries, yet the government and its citizens were not the principal target of such attacks. Western governments often tolerated this support for violence because it was not considered an internal threat, but a foreign problem. Since...

  5. CONFERENCE SUMMARY
    CONFERENCE SUMMARY (pp. 1-42)

    We are witnessing a new phenomenon of Diaspora communities turning against their adopted homelands, targeting the government and its people. This reality is important because of globalization: the volume of traffic and open borders makes the problem more acute. Six critical issues are particularly worrisome: (1) the demonstrated fear that communities will indeed attack adopted homelands; (2) the lack of integration has created recruits, affecting both the assimilated and the alienated. Some are attracted through recruitment and auto-radicalization—they are independent actors with no prior ties to terror groups, but become inspired and motivated to carry out acts done in...

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