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Terrorism in the Balkans. Genesis - trends - forecasts

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The author of the article presents a phenomenon of terrorism in the Balkans throughout the 19th, 20th an 21st centuries. She highlights a thesis that specific phenomenon of terrorism in the region requires additional studies, mostly of heuristic nature. Among the types of Balkan terrorism there is terrorism connected to national and liberation movements and political terrorism. Furthermore, terrorist actions in Romania and Bulgaria, terrorism of the Ustashe and terrorism of the anti-Yugoslav emigration and other its forms have been indicated. A particular attention has been paid to terrorism connected to extreme streams of Islam, which appeared in the Balkans as the aftermath of the civil war (1992–1995). In the post-Cold War era Islamic terrorism in the Balkans is linked to a growth of influences of Muslim fundamentalists. The author proves a thesis that due to their topography the Balkans create a great possibility for the development of training camps and bases for terrorists linked to a global jihad. It poses a threat to the security of Europe and its democratic societies because of the probability of inciting a conflict, not only on a local but also broader, even non-European scale.