Essays about: "Foreign fighters"

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  1. 6. FOREIGN FIGHTERS - A PREDICTOR OF CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE? : A quantitative study on how foreign fighters impact the occurrence of conflict-related sexual violence perpetrated by rebel groups

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Desiré Raagart; [2021]
    Keywords : CRSV; conflict-related sexual violence; foreign fighters; conflict; rebel groups; rebel group violence; violence against civilians;

    Abstract : Why do some rebel groups perpetrate conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) while others do not? A growing body of research has suggested various explanations, but offers no consensus regarding this puzzling question. At the same time, recent studies have recognized how foreign fighters impact rebel groups’ violence against civilians. READ MORE

  3. 7. France and the Lost Boys : A discourse analysis examining the securitization of French children affiliated with the Islamic State in the camps of Al-Hol and Al-Roj

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Linnea Wesslén; [2021]
    Keywords : Islamic State; France; securitization; orientalism; children; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Following the fall of the Islamic State, thousands of former IS fighters took refuge with their children in the camps of Al-Hol and Al-Roj where they have since been detained in degrading conditions by local authorities. In the camps are there about 27,500 children of foreign nationalities. READ MORE

  4. 8. Intersubjective Body Mapping for Reintegration : Assessing an Art-based Methodology to Promote Reintegration of Foreign Terrorist Fighters

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Tina Mykkänen; [2021]
    Keywords : Reintegration; returnee; intersubjective body mapping; understanding; trust; FTF; al-Shabaab; Mombasa;

    Abstract : This research investigates the use of an artistic methodology to explore embodied experiences related to reintegration of returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs). The methodology combines bodily, sensory and cognitive aspects of individual and intersubjective processes – dimensions which have long been neglected in research on reintegration. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Impossible Homecoming? : A Study of the Evolution of the French Government’s Discourses on French ISIS Returnees Between 2017 and 2020.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Hannah Bieber; [2021]
    Keywords : ISIS; returning foreign fighters; securitization; France; counterterrorism;

    Abstract : Over 5,000 European citizens joined the ranks of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the early 2010s. Since the rollback of the terrorist organization in 2016, European Union (EU) member states have had to decide whether or not to repatriate these individuals who were made prisoners mainly by Iraqi, or Kurdish authorities. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Morality of ISIS Returnees : using thought experiments to determine moral responsibility or innocence

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Marie Froste; [2020]
    Keywords : ISIS; ISIS returnees; foreign fighters; terrorism; moral responsibility; reductive individualism;

    Abstract : What are ISIS returnees morally responsible for, and how does that affect what should happen next? This is a question currently facing all Western democracies. Using thought experiments and reductive individualism, this thesis discusses the moral responsibility of both adult and child ISIS returnees. READ MORE