The el-Bakraoui brothers highlight the links between terrorism and criminal records, and the strength of family in Islamic militancy.
Jason Burke (The Guardian)Brussels terrorist attacks: why the heart of Europe?
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Brussels is home to an increasing number of angry and alienated young men who feel they are not treated as equal citizens and have no future.
David Wroe (Brisbane Times)De gruwel heeft geen toekomst
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Ook de huidige terreurgolf zal vroeg of laat op haar grens botsen. Wanneer dat is, hangt mee af van de manier waarop wij reageren.
Rik Coolsaet (De Standaard)Jihadi Cool: Belgium’s New Extremists are as Shallow as They are Deadly
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These European attackers are not like the Al-Qaeda members of old—the radicalized adherents to fundamentalist Islam. Many of these new age killers were small children when the World Trade Center fell in 2001 and have spent much of their lives watching major wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and now Syria.
Kurt Eichenwald (Newsweek)Radicalisation, entre contexte et responsabilité individuelle
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Le concept de “radicalisation” célèbre cette année ses douze ans. Apparu pour la première fois dans un document de travail de l’Union européenne en mai 2004, il est devenu le Saint Graal du contreterrorisme. Mais le processus dit de radicalisation est bien plus complexe qu’il n’y paraît à première vue.
Facing the fourth foreign fighters wave. What drives Europeans to Syria, and to Islamic state?
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Thousands of young Europeans have gone to fight in the Levant, the fourth wave of jihadi foreign fighters since the 1980s. Their decision is rooted in a “no future” subculture and boosted by the conviction that by traveling to Syria they have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Rik Coolsaet (Egmont Paper)Terror threats will be the new normal for Europe, experts say
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Analysts believe there will be more security alerts and cancellations of major events after Paris attacks.
Matthew Taylor (The Guardian)Professor Coolsaet neemt afscheid van zijn studenten
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‘Onze politici plegen vaandelvlucht’
Het gevoel niet gewenst te zijn
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België is niet meer een “vrijhaven voor terroristen” dan andere Europese landen, schrijft Rik Coolsaet, die kritiek houdt geen steek. Als ons beleid ergens faalt, dan wel op het vlak van preventie en deradicalisering. “Er niet bij horen, daar ontspruit de Syriëgang.”
Rik Coolsaet (De Standaard)De l’anarchiste du XIXe siècle au djihadiste, un fil rouge sang
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Un siècle avant les fous d’Allah, les anars ‘dynamitards’ ouvrent le bal de la terreur internationale. Ils inaugurent la même spirale infernale: psychose, amalgames, réflexes et fantasmes sécuritaires
Pierre Havaux (Le Vif)Jihadist Recruits: Misfits, Not Pious Conservatives
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In the wake of the Paris attacks and the security scare in Belgium, European governments and radicalization experts are once again struggling to understand what is driving young European Muslims to join the Islamic State and carry out savage acts in their own countries, against fellow nationals
Jamie Dettmer (Voice of America)