Foreign Terrorist Fighters: managing a twenty-first century threat

Kylie Baxter and Renee Davidson

Third World Quarterly, 2016, vol. 37, issue 8, 1299-1313

Abstract: In the aftermath of the Arab uprisings Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) have emerged as a significant security challenge. Since the 1980s and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan the notion of a ‘foreign fighter’ has been closely linked, if not synonymous, with those ideologically or religiously motivated individuals who have travelled to join conflicts in Islamic lands. This article will explore the contemporary FTF movement, offering a comparison of Afghanistan in the 1980s and Syria in the contemporary period. It will explore the international community’s expansive responses to the challenge of FTFs, with special focus on the role of the United Nations.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1159127

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