AVRUPA KOMŞULUK POLİTİKASI EKSENİNDE TERÖRİZM VE RADİKALİZASYONLA MÜCADELE: AZERBAYCAN VE TUNUS İNCELEMESİ

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 1 - 29, 30.12.2025

Aybüke Burcu Er

https://doi.org/10.51763/uid.1702138

Abstract

The beginning of the 21st century has seen a global rise in radicalization, extremism and terrorism. The European Union (EU), together with its eastern and southern neighboring countries, has been directly affected by this phenomenon.
States, societies and institutions have been largely unprepared for this development and how to deal with it. Strategic approaches and solutions against terrorism and all forms of radicalization are an absolute necessity for the European Union and its neighbouring countries, which are becoming increasingly vulnerable. Due to its multidimensional nature, encompassing socio-economic, cultural, security and foreign policy aspects, addressing the causes and effects of radicalization and terrorism should be a policy priority for the EU for the foreseeable future, both domestically and in relations. In this article, the EU’s policies in the context of countering violent extremism and radicalization will be examined through the cases of Tunisia and Azerbaijan. It will also provide a set of conclusions and policy recommendations on how to improve the policies to prevent radicalization leading to counter-terrorism in these countries and how the EU can better support them through the work of its delegations.

Keywords

tunus , azerbaycan , avrupa birliği , radikalleşme , terörizm

COMBATING TERRORISM AND RADICALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY: A CASE STUDY OF AZERBAIJAN AND TUNISIA

Abstract

The beginning of the 21st century has seen a global rise in radicalization, extremism and terrorism. The European Union (EU), together with its eastern and southern neighboring countries, has been directly affected by this phenomenon.
States, societies and institutions have been largely unprepared for this development and how to deal with it. Strategic approaches and solutions against terrorism and all forms of radicalization are an absolute necessity for the European Union and its neighbouring countries, which are becoming increasingly vulnerable. Due to its multidimensional nature, encompassing socio-economic, cultural, security and foreign policy aspects, addressing the causes and effects of radicalization and terrorism should be a policy priority for the EU for the foreseeable future, both domestically and in relations. In this article, the EU’s policies in the context of countering violent extremism and radicalization will be examined through the cases of Tunisia and Azerbaijan. It will also provide a set of conclusions and policy recommendations on how to improve the policies to prevent radicalization leading to counter-terrorism in these countries and how the EU can better support them through the work of its delegation.

Keywords

azerbaijan , european union , radicalisation , terrosim , tunisia

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