Publication

This paper looks at the implications of the events of the so-called Arab Awakening on violent radicalization among European Muslim communities and, in particular, North African diaspora communities. While acknowledging that conclusions are premature, it argues that while a small minority will still radicalize irrespective of the events taking place in the Arab world, the Arab Awakening has to some degree undermined al-Qaeda's message and deprived jihadists of much of their propaganda ammunition against the West. It then proceeds to analyze how different cross-sections of the diverse Islamist milieus throughout Europe have been reacting to the events.