1st Edition

Balkan Fighters in the Syrian War

By Tanja Dramac Jiries Copyright 2022
200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyses the process of the recruitment of foreign fighters from the Western Balkans, specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, to Syria and Iraq from 2012 to 2015. Utilizing in-depth, semi-structured interviews with foreign fighters and their families, as well as a number of relevant stakeholders it answers the question of what were the processes and circumstances leading up to... Read more

Chapter 1 Unpacking Radicalization

Chapter 2 Foreign Fighters’ History

Chapter 3 Theory and Practice

Chapter 4 Collecting and Treating Sensitive Data

Chapter 5 Balkan Recruits

Chapter 6 Enabling Networks and Organization

Chapter 7 Conclusion

Biography

Tanja Dramac Jiries is an international development and democracy assistance professional with over a decade of experience in overseeing democracy assistance to civil society organizations, think tanks, and independent media across Southeast and Central Europe spanning over ten countries.