IN DEPTH: At least 100 people have left the Netherlands to fight in Syria. In neighbouring Belgium, the number is even higher. Family members and researchers point to the Belgian group Shariah4Belgium as […]
online radicalization
A certain mythos
IN DEPTH: What does the story of Franz Fuchs tell us about lone-wolf terrorism? Øyvind Strømmen “My first thought was that it had been an execution,” Stefan Horvath later said, recalling the moment […]
Militias and conspiracy culture
IN DEPTH: Anti-government rage is primarily an American phenomenon, but a number of ideas and tropes from the US anti-government subculture have entered Europe over the last 10 years through the influence of […]
Insights from Swedish exposé
ANALYSIS: A Swedish exposé of anonymous commenters online gives new insight into online right-wing radicalism. Øyvind Strømmen Earlier this week, the Swedish daily Expressen revealed that a number of politicians in the Swedish […]