Directions in International Terrorism Theories, Trends and Trajectories

This book examines novel and nonmainstream aspects of international terrorism in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. It explores issues that are not really explored in the mainstream literature such as the environmental message of terror groups, the issue of female jihadists and the social media strategy of terror groups.

Whilst old issues remain and deserves a dissident perspective, like the Iran nuclear deal, newer issues like the impact of the Abrahamic Accord on the Middle East comes to the fore. At the same time, policy-makers need to be bold in responding to terror threat, including pooling sovereignty when confronting a truly global threat. Taken together this study reflects the most up to date volume on recent development in terrorism globally.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Beyond Disciplinary Dogma: An ontological approach to terrorism and its study.- Chapter 3. Exploring the confluence between Terrorism and Identity in Africa.- Chapter 4. Updating Africa: Tweeting terrorism.- Chapter 5. The Environmental Message of Radical Islamic and Terrorist groups.- Chapter 6. Easy Pickings: Funding Terror through Environmental Crime.- Chapter 7. Burning the Broth: Why African Governments Struggle to Contain Terrorism.- Chapter 8. Peacekeeping and Countering Violent Extremism.- Chapter 9. Social attitudes fueling Islamist terrorism.- Chapter 10. Iran, the Bomb and the Spectre of Nuclear Terrror.- Chapter 11. The Abraham Accords: From Extremist Politics to Diplomacy.- Chapter 12. A Comparison of European Female Jihadists.- Chapter 13. Islamist Terrorism, Political Islam and Migration in Western Europe.- Chapter 14. Conclusion.

Hussein Solomon is Senior Professor and Academic Head of Department in the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is Deputy Chair of the Pugwash Conferences on Science in World Affairs (South African Chapter). His research interests include conflict and conflict resolution in Africa, South African Foreign Policy, international relations theory, religious fundamentalism and population movements within the developing world. His most recent books include Arab MENA Countries: Vulnerabilities and Constraints Against Democracy on the Eve of the Global COVID-19 Crisis (with Arno Tausch, Springer 2021), Exporting Global Jihad (with Tom Smith, IB Tauris/Bloomsbury 2020), Islamism, Crisis and Democratization: Implications of the World Values Survey for the Muslim World (with Arno Tausch, Springer, 2020).