Rethinking Pathways of Transnational Jihad: Evidence from Lebanese ISIS Recruits

IF 2.2 2区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Security Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI:10.1080/09636412.2021.2010888

Hicham Bou Nassif

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Abstract

Abstract Why do some individuals leave everything behind to join extremist organizations abroad? The literature on foreign fighters has grown impressively and yielded important insights in recent years. Three problems persist, however: (1) scholarship grounded in empirical fieldwork remains uncommon. This deficit reflects the scarcity of micro-level data based on individual profiles of jihadi recruits; (2) the studies available overwhelmingly center on Western jihadists even though the majority of foreign fighters who join groups such as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or al Qaeda hail from Arab countries; (3) an artificial rivalry between different explanatory approaches has produced an inconclusive picture of the determinants of radicalization. In this article, I reconsider the various pathways for transnational Jihadi recruitment by drawing upon a unique dataset pertaining to seventy Lebanese militants. I selectively combine elements from multiple perspectives to ponder the pathways of ISIS recruits, but my conclusions can be modified to apply to other circumstances.

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反思跨国圣战的路径——来自黎巴嫩伊斯兰国招募人员的证据

摘要为什么有些人会不顾一切地加入国外的极端组织？近年来，关于外国战士的文献发展令人印象深刻，并产生了重要的见解。然而，有三个问题仍然存在：（1）以实证田野调查为基础的学术研究仍然不常见。这一赤字反映出缺乏基于圣战新兵个人简介的微观数据；（2）现有的研究绝大多数集中在西方圣战分子身上，尽管加入伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国（ISIS）或基地组织等组织的大多数外国战士来自阿拉伯国家；（3）不同解释方法之间的人为竞争导致了激进主义决定因素的不确定性。在这篇文章中，我利用一个关于70名黎巴嫩武装分子的独特数据集，重新考虑了跨国圣战招募的各种途径。我有选择地将多个角度的元素结合起来，思考ISIS招募人员的途径，但我的结论可以修改，以适用于其他情况。

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Security Studies INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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2.70

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16.70%

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