Prospects and challenges of prosecuting foreign fighters in Australia
Since 2011, a large number of individuals known as ‘foreign fighters’ (FFs), have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight for or support ISIS and other jihadist terrorist organisations.
Braun, Kerstin
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Foreign Fighters under International Law
Foreign fighters are not a new phenomenon: the Spanish civil war, the conflict in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion, the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s, and the armed conflicts in Chechnya and Dagestan all attracted significant numbers of so-called ...
Sandra Kraehenmann
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The increasing presence of foreign fighters in the armed conflict in Ukraine has posed significant challenges to the application of International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
Khoirunnisa Khoirunnisa +3 more
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Psychological assessment and rehabilitation of convicted foreign fighters - current conditions, challengers and possibilities [PDF]
This paper examines the current conditions and challenges concerning the country’s penitentiary system from the perspective of the possible transference of violent extremist ideologies from some convicts, particularly returnees from foreign fronts, to ...
Nikolina KENIG
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Xenogeneic Mitochondrial Transplantation Improves Selected Age‐Associated Phenotypes in Mice
Yak‐derived xenogeneic mitochondrial transplantation improves selected age‐associated phenotypes in mice, enhances mitochondrial functional readouts, and engages host mitochondrial quality‐control pathways. Broad tissue biodistribution, increased ATP production and mtDNA copy number, reduced ROS levels and dysfunctional mitochondria, improved motility ...
Wenpeng Li +5 more
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Facing the fourth foreign fighters wave. What drives Europeans to Syria, and to Islamic state? Insights from the Belgian case. Egmont Paper 81, March 2016 [PDF]
‘A bizarre phenomenon,’ Der Spiegel concluded, after trying to figure out why young people left Germany to become foreign fighters in Syria. The magazine painted a portrait of two thirty-somethings with similar backgrounds and the same hobby – martial
Coolsaet, Rik,
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The Return of the ISIL’s Terrorists as a Threat to Social and Political Stability in Russia
The Global terrorism is evolving, adapting to the new realities and still posing a serious threat to all humanity and the security of all countries of the world.
A. V. Krylov
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On November 22, 2019, Mr. John Pyrik presented on the Path to Violence at the 2019 CASIS West Coast Security Conference. The presentation was followed by a group panel for questions and answers.
CASIS-Vancouver
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Biodegradable Acoustic Targeting for Ultrasound‐Supported Gene Therapy (BATUS) in Glioblastoma
ABSTRACT Glioblastoma (GBM) remains one of the most challenging brain malignancies due to the restrictive nature of the blood–brain barrier (BBB), which severely limits effective drug and gene delivery. To overcome this, we introduce Biodegradable Acoustic Targeting for Ultrasound‐Supported Gene Therapy (BATUS), a modular platform that enables safe ...
Gulsah Erel‐Akbaba +25 more
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RETURNEES: WHO ARE THEY, WHY ARE THEY (NOT) COMING BACK AND HOW SHOULD WE DEAL WITH THEM? Assessing Policies on Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Egmont Paper 101, February 2018 [PDF]
Some 5000 men, women and children have travelled from Europe to Syria and Iraq since 2012. An estimated 1500 of these foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) have returned so far.
Coolsaet, Rik, +6 more
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