Islamic Terrorism as a Threat to the Security of Eastern European Countries

Grabowski, Tomasz

Islamic Terrorism as a Threat to the Security of Eastern European Countries

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of the threat to the security of Eastern European countries posed by groups and individuals invoking the ideology of radical Islam. Particular attention is given to the region’s two biggest countries: Russia and Ukraine. After a general assessment of the terrorist threat in individual countries based on the Global Terrorism Index, the following are analysed: evolution of the terrorism of North Caucasus groups, scale of threat from the Islamic State, and particularly from foreign terrorist fi ghters (FTFs), as well as examples of homegrown Islamic terrorism in Russia.

Keywords

terrorism Islam Foreign Terrorist Fighters Russia Ukraine Caucasus Islamic State Syria Eastern Europe security

Citation

Grabowski T. (2021). Islamic Terrorism as a Threat to the Security of Eastern European Countries, The Police Review 2021, 142 (2): 73-99

URI

https://open.icm.edu.pl/handle/123456789/20520

Belongs to collection

Artykuły / Articles

Full item record