Biker gang chic and ‘Reverse Jihad’ : the “Other” foreign fighters

• Main Author: Jayakumar, Shashi
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94740; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38423
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Some individuals (mainly from Europe and the United States) have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight the IS (Islamic State) and other jihadist forces. What motivates them? What are the possible scenarios of more such foreign fighters taking up arms against IS?