The Radicalization of Diasporas and Terrorism

Autor(en): Doron Zimmermann, William Rosenau, Michael Whine, Stewart Bell, Jocelyne Cesari, Ken Menkhaus
Herausgeber: Doron Zimmermann, William Rosenau
Reihenherausgeber: Andreas Wenger, Victor Mauer
Serie: Zürcher Beiträge zur Sicherheitspolitik
Ausgabe: 80
Verlag(e): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publikationsjahr: 2009
Publikationsort: Zurich

Throughout history, diasporic communities have been susceptible to a variety of forms of radicalization. Indeed, even in the pre-Christian era, ethnic and religious diasporas were prone to religious and separatist radicalization. Since the end of the Cold War, ethnonationalism has continued to fuel radicalization within some diasporic communities. With respect to contemporary global terrorism, militant Islamism, and in particular, its Salafist-Jihadist variant, serves as the most important ideational source of radicalization within diasporas in Western Europe and North America. Within the global North, this radicalization has frequently pitted the political desirability of relatively liberal immigration politics against the core requirements of internal security.

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