This major research study, a collection of state of the art contributions by world-leading experts in the field on the subject of transnational terrorism and its multifaceted implications, EICTP intends to provide a first-hand account dealing with the imminent sub-conventional threats to current international security environments. Reflections introduced and elaborated cover a wide range of…
This volume of collected analyses by some of the leading international experts in the field is dedicated to an examination and explorative in-depth assessment of the key-determinants of transnational terrorism in and beyond the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only it focusses on the disruptive impact the global health crisis has on the phenomenon…
This third volume of the “EICTP Vienna Research Papers on Transnational Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism” is dedicated to the mostly unclear future of (transnational) terrorism in its widest sense. Manifold reflections of world-wide renowned experts (Nicolas Stockhammer, Joshua Sinai, Colin P. Clarke, Gary A. Ackerman, Marc Sageman, Brian Michael Jenkins, Herfried Münkler, Lorenzo Vidino, Rüdiger Lohlker,…
The current conflict in Yemen dates back to the emergence of the Houthi movement in the early 2000s. After the fall of the Yemeni regime under president Ali Abd Allah Salih in the wake of the Arab Spring and the establishment of a transitional government under interim President Abd Rabboh Mansur Hadi, the Houthi movement…
EICTP Expert Paper: Understanding the Global Jihadist Movement Since 9/11 Western governments have committed multinational multi-billion-dollar efforts and exerted continuous military pressure to counter Islamist terrorist groups. Following such outlay of resources and sacrifice of lives, politicians, policymakers, and pundits have been keen to announce the so-called defeat and demise of transnational terrorist groups such…
The Islamist terrorist attacks in France over the last years have moved Islamism and its impact on French society to the heart of public discussion. With the rise of ISIS in 2014 and numerous French foreign fighters joining the terrorist militia as well as alarming developments endangering social cohesion, the threat of radical Islamists has…
Shortly after the terror attack in Vienna on 2 November 2020, photographs and videos from eyewitnesses were circulating on social media. Sympathizers of the Islamic State (IS) quickly capitalized on the availability of such material and continued their circulation in Arabic in IS communication channels, like the platform Telegram. Following the typical modus operandi of…
Shortly after the terror attack in Vienna on 2 November 2020, photographs and videos from eyewitnesses were circulating on social media. Sympathizers of the Islamic State (IS) quickly capitalized on the availability of such material and continued their circulation in Arabic in IS communication channels, like the platform Telegram. Following the typical modus operandi of…
Policy Brief and analysis of the terrorist attack in Vienna in November 2020. By Nicolas Stockhammer and Peter R. Neumann. FINAL_EICTP Policy Brief Terror and lessons learnt
The South Caucasus has become the focus of attention for the international community in the wake of the renewed intense conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. But even beyond the internal and inter-state conflicts, events in the South Caucasus as well as in the North Caucasus have at least an indirect impact on the EU’s security…