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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 ...
Mar 4, 2021 · This brief forum article surveys the extant literature to better understand how right-wing terrorism is conceptualised and highlights the necessity of establishing a coherent definition in order to more effectively inform counterterrorism policymaking.
- Jeffrey Treistman
- 2021
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Feminist researchers believe the rise of disenfranchised middle-class white males is leading to increased toxic masculinity within society, as evidenced by the increased popularity of the so-called manosphereto share extremist ideas and vent their grievances. Law enforcement agencies are concerned that the manosphere and similar online communities ...
Right-wing extremism is of such concern that when the top international security policy-makers met at the 2019 Munich Security Conference, they ranked it among space security, climate security and emerging technologies as the top global security threats. It would appear as though the world is at the dawn of a new age of terrorism that’s different f...
This brings us to today’s right-wing terrorism. Already observers have signalled the decline of violent Islamic movementsand the rise of far-right extremist activities. Is right-wing violent extremism the new fifth wave of modern terrorism? If so, there’s no doubt the negative societal impacts of COVID-19 will only help accelerate the radicalizatio...
Terrorism and its history have been the topic of considerable public, political, literary, artistic, and academic attention, since this specific tactic of violence was invented concurrently with the advent of modernity. 1 It therefore can come as no surprise that the first academic treatises on terrorism as a subject of inquiry began to appear in the nineteenth century. 2 They were a reaction ...
Jun 26, 2017 · As right-wing extremism recovered from its low ebb in the early-to-mid 2000s, the number of terrorist incidents associated with it increased, as well as the number of terrorism-related deaths, creating a slow but steady and worrisome increase that has persisted over much of the past 15 years, only receding slightly in the last three years, largely because of fewer mass shooting incidents in ...
Nov 7, 2018 · The Rise in Far-Right Extremism. 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 ...
Right-wing terrorism is terrorism motivated by a variety of far right ideologies and beliefs, including anti-communism, neo-fascism, neo-Nazism, racism, xenophobia and opposition to immigration. This type of terrorism has been sporadic, with little or no international cooperation.
