| Description |
1 online resource (94 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Contents |
Patterns in Europe in 2016 : EU terrorism situation and trend report (TE-SAT) and IHS Jane's -- Putting the threat to Europe in perspective : global trends in terrorist attacks : 1970-2015 -- Putting the threat to Europe in perspective : global vs. Western (Europe and U.S.) patterns of attack, 2015-2016 -- Trends in terrorism : Europe versus other regions by region, 1970-2015 -- Longer term patterns in terrorism in all of Europe -- Longer term patterns in terrorism in Western Europe -- Longer term patterns [and] trends in terrorism in Eastern Europe, 1970-2015 -- Keeping ISIS and Al Qaida in global perspective -- Global patterns of attack : longer term trends, 2000-2015 |
| Summary |
"The following report is the first of two reports that put terrorism and Islamic extremism into the broader context of all forms of terrorism and extremism, including hate crimes. It addresses a new report by Europol on the patterns in terrorism in Europe through the end of 2016. It notes that the U.S. government does not provide any similar official data on the patterns in terrorism, and that the European report is to some extent a model that the United States should follow to establish the comparative levels of risk posed by given type of terrorism, and provide some data on the effectiveness of homeland defense efforts. It also notes that the European report shows clearly that Islamic extremism is only one form of terrorism, although Jihadist attacks in the EU in 2016 were a key source of casualties and deaths -- causing 374 out of 379 casualties (99%) and 135 out of 142 fatalities (95%). They also accounted for 718 out of 1002 terrorism-related arrests (72%). At the same time, these attacks were designed to alienate non-Muslims from Muslims and focused on maximizing the number of casualties. They only made up 13 of 142 (9.2%) terrorist attacks in Europe in 2016 and were part of a much larger pattern of extremist and political violence. Like the United States, the Europol report also does not count most hate crimes as forms of terrorism, and therefore also understates the broader threat posed by other extremists acting out of racism or religious motives like antisemitism. While the United States sometimes seems to be obsessed with ISIS, the Europol report focuses more broadly on the resurgence of al-Qaeda and the danger of lone wolf attacks. It focuses on the threat posed by extremist communication and propaganda, and looks beyond Europe to examine the interaction between the terrorist threat in Europe and other regions in the world. This analysis shows how serious the terrorist threat is outside the West, that it is a global problem, and that defeating ISIS will in no way bring a halt to the overall threat posed by violent extremism"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"June 22, 2017." |
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"Burke Chair in Strategy." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (CSIS, viewed July 7, 2017) |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Europe -- Statistics
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Radicalism -- Europe -- Statistics
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Terrorism -- Statistics
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Radicalism -- Statistics
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Jihad -- Statistics
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Jihad.
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Radicalism.
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Terrorism.
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Europe.
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Statistics.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy, issuing body.
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher.
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