Publication

Aug 2014

This paper discusses the threat posed to Western countries by its own citizens who have become foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria as well as how the US and its allies can respond to this threat. The authors also examine the composition of these foreign fighters and why they would target Western countries.

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Author Dafna Rand, Anthony Vassalo
Series CNAS Policy Briefs
Publisher Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
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