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t. e. Right-wing terrorism, hard right terrorism, extreme right terrorism or far-right terrorism is terrorism that is motivated by a variety of different right-wing and far-right ideologies. It can be motivated by Ultranationalism, neo-Nazism, anti-communism, neo-fascism, ecofascism, ethnonationalism, religious nationalism, anti-immigration ...
Jan 12, 2021 · 101. Daniel Koehler, “German Right-Wing Terrorism in Historical Perspective. A First Quantitative Overview of the ‘Database on Terrorism in Germany (Right-Wing Extremism)’—DTGrwx’ Project,” Perspectives on Terrorism 8, no. 5 (2014): 48–58. Koehler’s research studies right-wing terrorist attacks in Germany between 1963 and 2014 ...
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A First Quantitative Overview of the “Database on Terrorism in Germany (Right-Wing Extremism}”-DTG Project,’ Perspectives on Terrorism 8:5 (October 2014), pp. 50-51. Seth G. Jones, Catrina Doxsee, and Nicholas Harrington, The Right-wing Terrorism Threat in Europe, Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 2020, pp. 5-7.
Feb 22, 2021 · Right-wing extremism is a significant cause of political violence. The relationship between extreme right-wing views and terrorism is far from new, but until recently such violence was more frequently identified as far right, racially motivated or hate crime and only rarely labelled terrorism. 1 However, the growth of extreme right wing (XRW) adherents and groups, and a precipitous rise in XRW ...
- Lucia Zedner, Lucia Zedner
- 2021
- The Issue
- The Rise in Far-Right Extremism
- Factors Driving Far-Right Extremism
- Far-Right Extremism in Europe
- Policy Implications
Right-wing extremism in the United States appears to be growing. The number of terrorist attacks by far-right perpetrators rose over the past decade, more than quadrupling between 2016 and 2017. The recent pipe bombs and the October 27, 2018, synagogue attack in Pittsburgh are symptomatic of this trend. U.S. federal and local agencies need to quick...
Terrorist attacks by right-wing extremists in the United States have increased. Between 2007 and 2011, the number of such attacks was five or less per year. They then rose to 14 in 2012; continued at a similar level between 2012 and 2016, with a mean of 11 attacks and a median of 13 attacks; and then jumped to 31 in 2017.7 FBI arrests of right-wing...
Why is there a rise in far-right attacks? Several factors may have contributed to this growth. First, right-wing extremists are increasingly using the internet and social media to issue propaganda statements, coordinate training (including combat training), organize travel to attend protests and other events, raise funds, recruit members, and commu...
Like the United States, Europe faces a growing threat from extreme right-wing groups. As Figure 3 highlights, extreme right-wing attacks have significantly increased—from 0 in 2012 to 9 in 2013; 21 in 2016; and 30 in 2017. 32 European Union Security Commissioner Sir Julian King has expressed serious concern about the “growing menace” of right-wing ...
Right-wing extremism is nothing new in the United States. After the Civil War, President Ulysses S. Grant conducted an aggressive—and ultimately successful—campaign against the Ku Klux Klan and its offshoots (such as the Knights of the White Camellia) from the 1860s to the 1870s. Grant deployed federal soldiers to arrest Klan members, enlisted U.S....
feature of that landscape, but hardly the only one. Indeed, when one examines right-wing terrorism in the United States, white supremacist attacks and plots make up only a plurality (43%) of such incidents.i The American Far Right Takes Shape The further back in American history one travels, the harder it is to maintain a sense of
Sep 2, 2019 · Understanding and responding to right wing terrorism. J. Blackbourn, Nicola McGarrity, Kent Roach. Published in Journal of Policing… 2 September 2019. Political Science. Terrorism from the far right has a long and bloody history. However, since the terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001, it has been eclipsed by concerns ...
