Myths and Reality of “Lone Wolf” Terrorism in the Context of Islamist Extremism
The article analyzes the peculiarities of the terrorism of “lone actors”, acting under the influence of militant Islamist ideology. Although the potential of lone actors does not look so impressive compared to large terrorist groups, “lone wolves” terrorists are not becoming less dangerous. The dang...
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2019-12-01
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| description | The article analyzes the peculiarities of the terrorism of “lone actors”, acting under the influence of militant Islamist ideology. Although the potential of lone actors does not look so impressive compared to large terrorist groups, “lone wolves” terrorists are not becoming less dangerous. The danger of the phenomenon is due to the particular difficulty of preventing terrorist acts carried out by lone terrorists. At the same time, existing terrorist groups (e.g. ISIS), on the one hand, use the actions of lone terrorists for their propaganda purposes, and, on the other, try to inspire potential like-minded people to act alone. Thus, the actions of lone terrorists are included in the wider context of the extremist movement (“global jihad”). The article concludes that countering this threat is not only necessary, but possible. But this struggle requires both flexibility and responsibility. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89f9781e4c14412489c3a7acf927359e2023-02-02T22:05:42ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Vestnik RUDN. International Relations2313-06602313-06792019-12-0119463264210.22363/2313-0660-2019-19-4-632-64218461Myths and Reality of “Lone Wolf” Terrorism in the Context of Islamist ExtremismAndrei Eduardovich Yashlavskii0Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of SciencesThe article analyzes the peculiarities of the terrorism of “lone actors”, acting under the influence of militant Islamist ideology. Although the potential of lone actors does not look so impressive compared to large terrorist groups, “lone wolves” terrorists are not becoming less dangerous. The danger of the phenomenon is due to the particular difficulty of preventing terrorist acts carried out by lone terrorists. At the same time, existing terrorist groups (e.g. ISIS), on the one hand, use the actions of lone terrorists for their propaganda purposes, and, on the other, try to inspire potential like-minded people to act alone. Thus, the actions of lone terrorists are included in the wider context of the extremist movement (“global jihad”). The article concludes that countering this threat is not only necessary, but possible. But this struggle requires both flexibility and responsibility.http://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/viewFile/22842/17793lone terroristslone wolf terrorismlone actor terrorismterrorismjihadismautonomous jihadleaderless jihadisil (isis, islamic state, is - organization is prohibited in the russian federation)al-qaeda (organization is prohibited in the russian federation) |
| spellingShingle | Andrei Eduardovich Yashlavskii Myths and Reality of “Lone Wolf” Terrorism in the Context of Islamist Extremism Vestnik RUDN. International Relations lone terrorists lone wolf terrorism lone actor terrorism terrorism jihadism autonomous jihad leaderless jihad isil (isis, islamic state, is - organization is prohibited in the russian federation) al-qaeda (organization is prohibited in the russian federation) |
| title | Myths and Reality of “Lone Wolf” Terrorism in the Context of Islamist Extremism |
| title_full | Myths and Reality of “Lone Wolf” Terrorism in the Context of Islamist Extremism |
| title_fullStr | Myths and Reality of “Lone Wolf” Terrorism in the Context of Islamist Extremism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Myths and Reality of “Lone Wolf” Terrorism in the Context of Islamist Extremism |
| title_short | Myths and Reality of “Lone Wolf” Terrorism in the Context of Islamist Extremism |
| title_sort | myths and reality of lone wolf terrorism in the context of islamist extremism |
| topic | lone terrorists lone wolf terrorism lone actor terrorism terrorism jihadism autonomous jihad leaderless jihad isil (isis, islamic state, is - organization is prohibited in the russian federation) al-qaeda (organization is prohibited in the russian federation) |
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