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This paper discusses the military steps which European states have taken to fight terrorist groups on its wider periphery, including jihadists in Mali and the so-called Islamic State in the Levant. The text’s author worries that the above measures 1) have not achieved Brussels’ goals and may even be counterproductive, and 2) could set dangerously expansive legal precedents for the use of force against external non-state groups. Given the latter anxiety, the author believes that EU members should adopt a more restrained and considered approach to military counterterrorism.