Author(s): Iulia-Mihaela DRĂGAN
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2023
Pagination:
Issue/ Volume: 2 (30)/2023
DOI:
Abstract:
The terminology of radicalization started to be acknowledged after the 9/11
events, a turning point for international security that marked the beginning of the War on
Terror. Practitioners, policymakers, and researchers in the field of countering terrorism
focused more and more on the concept of radicalization as a precursor of terrorism, in the
sense of being the starting point for preventing the terrorism phenomenon. In this regard,
the past terrorist attacks in Europe awakened awareness about the necessity of
identifying the incipient signs of radicalization as an early warning instrument for
avoiding the probability of manifesting a terrorist attack.
Even though the Global Terrorism Index has evaluated Romania as one of the
countries with the lowest risks of terrorism at the international level for the past decade,
it is still important to improve the mechanisms for preventing radicalization. In this
consideration, Romania could be indirectly impacted by factors related to the global or
regional dynamics of terrorism. This paper aims to develop a pattern of radicalization
vulnerabilities and observed trends in Romania. In this idea, the analysis of the past
terrorist attempts in Romania emphasizes important details in terms of trends of
radicalization. Furthermore, the analysis of the specific radicalization features in
Romania is focused on identifying the vulnerabilities, following the case study conclusions
on radicalized Romanian citizens and radicalized foreigners that were expelled by the
national courts.
Keywords: radicalization, Romania, vulnerabilities, trends, violent ideology,
prevention.
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