Main description:

The global pandemic has offered extraordinary opportunities for extremists and terrorists to mobilize themselves and revive as more powerful actors in the security landscape. But could these threat groups actually capitalize on the coronavirus crisis and advance their malevolent agendas? Utilizing the largest COVID-19-related terrorism database, the book presents an analysis built upon a quantitative and qualitative comparison between the nature of both the radical Islamist and the far-right-related threat in 2018 and 2020. It provides, for the first time, a true picture of novel trends since the pandemic outbreak.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Evolution of the Threat

Chapter 2. How Have Radical Islamists Capitalized on the Pandemic?

Chapter 3. How Could Far Right Extremists Exploit the Corona virus Crisis?

Chapter 4. Beyond the Radical Islamist and Right-Wing Threat

Chapter 5. Novel Terrorist Tactics and Targets

Chapter 6. Future Trajectories for Emerging Radical Islamist and Far Right Trends

Conclusion: Policy Recommendations

Annex 1. Key Radical Islamist and Far right Messages on the Pandemic

Annex 2. Statistics on Extremists' COVID-19-related Activities

Index