1st Edition

Foreign Fighters and Radical Influencers Radical Milieus in the Postwar Balkans

By Asya Metodieva Copyright 2023
188 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

188 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book looks at Salafi influencers and foreign fighters in the Balkans to examine how the origins and dynamics of radical milieus are related to the legacy of the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War. The work seeks to understand if and in what ways these wars influenced the consolidation of radical milieus and whether they impacted the recruitment of foreign fighters. In doing so, the book... Read more

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE POSTWAR RADICAL MILEU - A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE

3. THE ORIGIN OF THE BOSNIAN RADICAL MILIEU

4. THE ORIGIN OF THE ALBANIAN RADICAL MILIEU

5. PATHWAYS OF RADICAL INFLUENCERS

6. RECRUITMENT NARRATIVES

7. PATHWAYS OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS

8. FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND DIASPORA

9. CONCLUSION

Biography

Asya Metodieva is a researcher at the Institute of International Relations in Prague, Czech Republic, and has a PhD from the Central European University.