German foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq
dc.contributor.advisor | Baylouny, Anne Marie | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Hafez, Mohammed | |
dc.contributor.author | Reynolds, Sean C. | |
dc.date | Mar-16 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-29T21:19:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-29T21:19:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-03 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/48583 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines why approximately 700 German foreign fighters traveled to Syria and Iraq between early 2012 and late 2015. It presents the author’s original research on 99 German foreign fighter profiles, examining their preexisting network connections in Germany as well as their biographical availability and integration into German society. The study finds that German foreign fighters are primarily mobilized through traditional social network connections and that the mobilizing network in Germany consists of a nationwide, interconnected, and politically active Salafist scene. The project also finds that while Western governments often worry about the looming threat of online radicalization, verifiable examples of purely Internet-based radicalization remain rare. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/germforeignfight1094548583 | |
dc.publisher | Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
dc.title | German foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | National Security Affairs | |
dc.contributor.department | National Security Affairs | en_US |
dc.subject.author | foreign fighters | en_US |
dc.subject.author | jihadist mobilization | en_US |
dc.subject.author | radicalization | en_US |
dc.subject.author | ISIS | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Syrian civil war | en_US |
dc.subject.author | anchoring | en_US |
dc.subject.author | bloc mobilization | en_US |
dc.subject.author | terrorist recruiting | en_US |
dc.subject.author | online radicalization | en_US |
dc.description.recognition | Outstanding Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.service | Major, United States Air Force | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.name | Master of Arts in Security Studies (Middle East, South Asia, Sub-saharan Africa) | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Security Studies (Middle East, South Asia, Sub-saharan Africa) | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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