Since 2022 there has been a dramatic increase in teenagers becoming involved in Islamic State-related terror plots in Europe. I've written a short policy brief on this phenomenon. The analysis uses data from the Jihadi Plots in Europe dataset developed by Petter Nesser
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Europe's teenage jihadists: a growing security challenge
Islamic State (IS)-related terror plots in Western Europe increasingly involve individuals under the age of 18. Central to this trend is IS’s ability to disseminate propaganda online, effectively targ...