Publication

The monograph examines the present and future threat that IED capabilities of jihadist cells in Europe pose to the West. The first threat is multifaceted inasmuch as it stems from a complex combination of motivational factors caused by the growing predilection for carrying out mass casualty terrorist attacks inside Western countries by cells inspired or linked to jihadists with a global agenda. The second threat, that of the widespread fabrication of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), is more technical. These dual intersecting threats within the recent European context are examined in an effort to assess what they might portend for the future, including within the US.