Full Description
The global pandemic has offered extraordinary opportunities for extremists and terrorists to mobilize themselves and revive as more powerful actors in the security landscape. But could these threat groups actually capitalize on the coronavirus crisis and advance their malevolent agendas? Utilizing the largest COVID-19-related terrorism database, the book presents an analysis built upon a quantitative and qualitative comparison between the nature of both the radical Islamist and the far-right-related threat in 2018 and 2020. It provides, for the first time, a true picture of novel trends since the pandemic outbreak.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Evolution of the Threat
Chapter 2. How Have Radical Islamists Capitalized on the Pandemic?
Chapter 3. How Could Far Right Extremists Exploit the Corona virus Crisis?
Chapter 4. Beyond the Radical Islamist and Right-Wing Threat
Chapter 5. Novel Terrorist Tactics and Targets
Chapter 6. Future Trajectories for Emerging Radical Islamist and Far Right Trends
Conclusion: Policy Recommendations
Annexes
Annex 1. Key Radical Islamist and Far right Messages on the Pandemic
Annex 2. Statistics on Extremists' COVID-19-related Activities
Index
