Lorenzo Vidino
Biographic Data
| ID | 1601227 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorenzo Vidino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorenzo |
| FAMILY NAME | Vidino |
| SIGNATURE | VIDINO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Closed Circle
De-Radicalization in the Mediterranean
Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, The Muslim Brotherhood
Carrie Rosefsky Wickham’s 2002 book Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism and Political Change in Egypt (Columbia University Press) has rightly been seen by many as a classic in the study of Islamis
The Italian radical Left's ambivalent fascination with Islamism
This article examines how the most militant cross-sections of the Italian extreme Left have conceptualized and sought to frame a political position towards Islamism. By analyzing the writings of La Voce, a publication edited by individuals closely linked to the Red Brigades, it seeks to outline the mixed and somewhat confused feelings of Italian militants towards groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda and the Taliban. The admiration for these gro…
The BuccinascoPentiti
Recently many scholars have focused their attention on the dynamics of radicalization, de-radicalization, and disengagement, yet most studies are based on indirect and/or data which is difficult to verify. An exception comes from Italy, where authorities have recently benefited from the insights of two former members of an al Qaeda-affiliated Tunisian network. The two have voluntarily described to authorities the process and factors that led them…
London's Frantic Quest for the Muslim Holy Grail
Over the last 20 years most European governments have sought to find individuals and organizations that could be identified as representatives of their Muslim communities. These efforts have been frustrated by the extreme fragmentation that characterizes these communities, which, in turn, has caused them to lack a unified leadership. In the mid-1990s British authorities sought to overcome this situation by supporting and treating as sole governme…
The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe
Since its humble origins in rural northern Egypt in the 1920s, the Muslim Brotherhood has achieved incommensurable successes.1 A significant, yet often overlooked, part of this history has taken place in Europe, where small, scattered groups of Brothers from Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries have been concentrating since the early 1950s.
Bringing Global Jihad to the Horn of Africa
Sacralization of conflict is the process through which religion, or, in most cases, a militant interpretation of it, evolves from being an irrelevant or secondary factor at the onset of a conflict to shaping the views, actions, and aims of one or more of the conflict's key actors. The article outlines how this phenomenon has taken place in Somalia over the past twenty years by looking at two related phenomena: (1) the rise to prominence of al Sha…
Islamism and the West
While commentators have focused their attention almost exclusively on terrorism, the presence of radical Islam in Europe is extremely complex and multifaceted. European jihadists, a few thousand individuals scattered throughout the continent who openly challenge the societies they live in, unquestionably pose an imminent security threat, but other Islamist groups and movements, while not adopting violent means, pose an equally significant if not …
Homegrown Jihadist Terrorism in the United States
Over the last few years, much attention has been devoted to the phenomenon of homegrown jihadist networks in the West. Most analyses have been based on the dual assumption that this phenomenon has manifested itself only extremely recently and that it is largely limited to Europe. While these two assertions are not completely unfounded, they do not take into consideration significant anecdotal evidence pointing to a long history of homegrown netwo…
Europe's New Security Dilemma
The Hofstad Group
Between 2003 and 2006, members of the so-called Hofstad group planned various terrorist attacks inside the Netherlands, including the assassination of controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh. Amateurish in its modus operandi and composed mostly of second-generation Muslim immigrants, Hofstad perfectly exemplifies the new terrorist networks that are growing in most European countries. Its perception of Europe as a battlefield of jihad, no less criti…
The Hofstad Group
Between 2003 and 2006, members of the so-called Hofstad group planned various terrorist attacks inside the Netherlands, including the assassination of controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh. Amateurish in its modus operandi and composed mostly of second-generation Muslim immigrants, Hofstad perfectly exemplifies the new terrorist networks that are growing in most European countries. Its perception of Europe as a battlefield of jihad, no less criti…
Bringing Global Jihad to the Horn of Africa
Sacralization of conflict is the process through which religion, or, in most cases, a militant interpretation of it, evolves from being an irrelevant or secondary factor at the onset of a conflict to shaping the views, actions, and aims of one or more of the conflict's key actors. The article outlines how this phenomenon has taken place in Somalia over the past twenty years by looking at two related phenomena: (1) the rise to prominence of al Sha…
The BuccinascoPentiti
Recently many scholars have focused their attention on the dynamics of radicalization, de-radicalization, and disengagement, yet most studies are based on indirect and/or data which is difficult to verify. An exception comes from Italy, where authorities have recently benefited from the insights of two former members of an al Qaeda-affiliated Tunisian network. The two have voluntarily described to authorities the process and factors that led them…
Homegrown Jihadist Terrorism in the United States
Over the last few years, much attention has been devoted to the phenomenon of homegrown jihadist networks in the West. Most analyses have been based on the dual assumption that this phenomenon has manifested itself only extremely recently and that it is largely limited to Europe. While these two assertions are not completely unfounded, they do not take into consideration significant anecdotal evidence pointing to a long history of homegrown netwo…
The Hofstad Group
Between 2003 and 2006, members of the so-called Hofstad group planned various terrorist attacks inside the Netherlands, including the assassination of controversial filmmaker Theo van Gogh. Amateurish in its modus operandi and composed mostly of second-generation Muslim immigrants, Hofstad perfectly exemplifies the new terrorist networks that are growing in most European countries. Its perception of Europe as a battlefield of jihad, no less criti…
Islamism and the West
While commentators have focused their attention almost exclusively on terrorism, the presence of radical Islam in Europe is extremely complex and multifaceted. European jihadists, a few thousand individuals scattered throughout the continent who openly challenge the societies they live in, unquestionably pose an imminent security threat, but other Islamist groups and movements, while not adopting violent means, pose an equally significant if not …
Homegrown Jihadist Terrorism in the United States
Over the last few years, much attention has been devoted to the phenomenon of homegrown jihadist networks in the West. Most analyses have been based on the dual assumption that this phenomenon has manifested itself only extremely recently and that it is largely limited to Europe. While these two assertions are not completely unfounded, they do not take into consideration significant anecdotal evidence pointing to a long history of homegrown netwo…
Europe's New Security Dilemma
The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe
Since its humble origins in rural northern Egypt in the 1920s, the Muslim Brotherhood has achieved incommensurable successes.1 A significant, yet often overlooked, part of this history has taken place in Europe, where small, scattered groups of Brothers from Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries have been concentrating since the early 1950s.
Bringing Global Jihad to the Horn of Africa
Sacralization of conflict is the process through which religion, or, in most cases, a militant interpretation of it, evolves from being an irrelevant or secondary factor at the onset of a conflict to shaping the views, actions, and aims of one or more of the conflict's key actors. The article outlines how this phenomenon has taken place in Somalia over the past twenty years by looking at two related phenomena: (1) the rise to prominence of al Sha…
The BuccinascoPentiti
Recently many scholars have focused their attention on the dynamics of radicalization, de-radicalization, and disengagement, yet most studies are based on indirect and/or data which is difficult to verify. An exception comes from Italy, where authorities have recently benefited from the insights of two former members of an al Qaeda-affiliated Tunisian network. The two have voluntarily described to authorities the process and factors that led them…
London's Frantic Quest for the Muslim Holy Grail
Over the last 20 years most European governments have sought to find individuals and organizations that could be identified as representatives of their Muslim communities. These efforts have been frustrated by the extreme fragmentation that characterizes these communities, which, in turn, has caused them to lack a unified leadership. In the mid-1990s British authorities sought to overcome this situation by supporting and treating as sole governme…
The Italian radical Left's ambivalent fascination with Islamism
This article examines how the most militant cross-sections of the Italian extreme Left have conceptualized and sought to frame a political position towards Islamism. By analyzing the writings of La Voce, a publication edited by individuals closely linked to the Red Brigades, it seeks to outline the mixed and somewhat confused feelings of Italian militants towards groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda and the Taliban. The admiration for these gro…
Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, The Muslim Brotherhood
Carrie Rosefsky Wickham’s 2002 book Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism and Political Change in Egypt (Columbia University Press) has rightly been seen by many as a classic in the study of Islamis
De-Radicalization in the Mediterranean
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Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Terrorism (5 works) · History (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Criminology (3 works)