Recognising
the great timeliness and significance of the issue, the Foundation
for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) jointly with Fondazione
Italianieuropei, are organising a launch event for the book 'Daesh and the Terrorist Threat: From the Middle East to
Europe', which will take place on Wednesday, May 11th
2016, 5:00pm - 7:00pm, at the FEPS office (40 Rue Montoyer, 1000 Brussels).
As it is widely recognised, Islamic terrorist attacks showed a
dramatic escalation in 2015. Targeting European countries and objectives on an
increasing basis, they represent a phenomenon that we must confront and better
understand. For this reason, cooperation among EU
member states in the fight against this threat has strengthened following the
Paris and Brussels attacks. This book includes a collection of essays
aimed to provide insight into the origins, evolution, principal
characteristics, and unique means of recruitment and financing of Islamic
terrorist organisations. Moreover, it examines the diffusion of Islamic
radicalisation among young Europeans and of foreign fighters, who, in growing
numbers, leave their home countries to join Daesh.
Speakers:
Massimo D’Alema, President of FEPS and
Former Prime Minister
Kader A. Abderrahim, Research fellow IRIS,
Contributor of the book
John Gatt-Rutter, Head of Counterterrorism
Division, EEAS (tbc)
Nicolas Gros-Verheyde, EU journalist, Expert on
Defense, Contributor of the book
