There is a much sharper polarization of society, the people carrying out the violence work in small groups but they all join up and know what direction they are traveling in. They are very clear on the goal. The caliphate provides that common purpose, that unity, that momentum.

Magnus Ranstorp

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It's quite important for families of the victims, they know where to focus. They know there is one particular person who has been named who authorities will focus on and who will live for the rest of his life knowing that every day he will face a possible drone attack. Now that he is known, he may not be as menacing as he once was.

Magnus Ranstorp

Some of them use it as an exit strategy, they leave criminal gangs for a new belonging, a new identity.

Magnus Ranstorp

It is a flawed premise to say that the softer approach has failed because this has happened, this is what the French are struggling with because they have the repressive measures but there are no de-radicalization programs in place.

Magnus Ranstorp

The violence is becoming more focused at specific groups, Jewish targets, military targets, police targets, and they are using complex multiple armed assaults that are just as effective and much easier to do than explosive devices.

Magnus Ranstorp

The sectarian tensions in the Middle East are mirrored in our cities in Europe, there is more strident activism in Muslim communities.

Magnus Ranstorp