Migration, Terrorism, and the Future of a Divided Europe: A Continent Transformed

by Christopher Deliso

Overview

A fundamental resource for anyone interested in the long-term ramifications of the European migration crisis, this book objectively assesses how Europe's future course will be impacted by the key security, political, and economic trends and events stemming from the migration crisis.

The November 13, 2015 Paris terrorist attacks marked the definitive moment when the migration crisis became associated with terrorism, stoking an increasingly heated debate over the perceived dangers of migration, Islam, and extremist politics in Europe. The sudden emergence of migration as the mobilizing factor for European security, political discourse, and socio-economic realities has profoundly affected Europe's contrasting perceptions of its own identity and values, precipitating an increasingly global response to tackling migration challenges in Europe and worldwide.

Migration, Terrorism, and the Future of a Divided Europe: A Continent Transformed chronicles the turbulent events of the 2015–2016 migration crisis, creating a context in which future political, economic, social, and security trends in Europe can be understood. The study also examines in detail the deep history of the ideological origins and histories of treaties and policies that have defined the European Union and its guidance of the crisis. Readers will gain insight into the origins, factual realities, and projected ramifications for the continent's future security, politics, and socio-economic identity; the impact of media coverage on public perception; the differing policies and rhetoric of rival right- and left-wing parties in Europe; and the new security threats arising from a widened terrorist threat matrix that will comprise new targets, methods, and logistics. Finally, the book outlines the larger policy actions and trends expected, on the global level, towards handling future migration crises, and explains how this will have an impact on Europe.

This important new work is the cumulative result of author Chris Deliso's extensive academic background in European history and thought; his on-the-ground presence in the target region before, during, and after the crisis; and his interviews with security officials, diplomatic figures, and practitioners directly involved with shaping the policies that were visible during the crisis. Offering a broad historical context, the text portrays the current crisis within the context of a much longer institutional and ideological divide that has existed in Europe and shaped policies for almost a century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440855245
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/18/2017
Series:	Praeger Security International
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Chris Deliso is an author and analyst who specializes in Southeast European and the Balkan affairs.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

1 The Migration Explosion: Europe's Rude Awakening 1

2 The History of a Dream: Ideologies, the European Project, and Outcomes for the Migration Crisis 27

3 Media Coverage and the European Migration Crisis 47

4 Europe's "Generation Unknown": Terrorism, Intelligence, and an Uncertain Future 67

5 Organized Crime, Organized Chaos, and the General Migration Economy 93

6 The Challenge from the Left 115

7 The Response from the Right 137

8 The Costs of Crisis: Social Impact and the Securitization Ahead 163

9 The Geopolitics of Migration: National Interests, Europe, and the Globalist Agenda 181

Epilogue 213

Notes 215

Bibliography 249

Index 275

What People are Saying About This

Carl Schiötz Wibye

"This well-researched study offers new and exclusive insight into how key diplomatic decisions were reached during Europe's migration crisis. Despite the historic complexity of the Continent's internal and external politics, the author succeeds in presenting a clear and accurate picture of the European situation, at a time when policy-makers (and indeed European publics) are seeking real answers to the ongoing crisis."

Dr. Elena Dragomir

"Deliso’s work offers a well-documented and balanced examination of the sophisticated connections between the recent migration crisis in Europe, the increasingly vicious terrorist attacks and violent events on the Continent and the existential crisis that the EU project faces today. The book challenges the generally uniform public discourse on the ‘success’ of the European project, and that concerning its historical determinism. Instead, this book persuasively attests to how contradictory the European reality actually is."

Carl Schiötz Wibye

"This well-researched study offers new and exclusive insight into how key diplomatic decisions were reached during Europeis migration crisis. Despite the historic complexity of the Continentis internal and external politics, the author succeeds in presenting a clear and accurate picture of the European situation, at a time when policy-makers (and indeed European publics) are seeking real answers to the ongoing crisis."

Luka Jovanović

"This book represents a critical overview of the way in which Europe—a bastion of hope and a symbol of prosperity for many people who have due to reasons pertaining to war, poor economic prospects or something completely different decided to embark on a dangerous and uncertain journey towards it—is handling the present crisis."

Gerard M. Gallucci

"A must-read for anyone who thinks the migration crisis in Europe is over or may be resolved any time soon. Deliso makes clear that the EU's reaction so far has worsened the realities faced by everyone, the migrants, the Union's own people and governments, and the Balkans states and Turkey that Brussels and Berlin have left hanging."

Dr. Panos Sophoulis

"Deliso takes readers on a dark but fascinating journey into the perilous world of the European migration crisis. This is a masterly synthesis of political, social, and economic history."

James Pettifer

"In this thoughtful and very well researched volume, Chris Deliso illuminates the full scale of the crisis developing through the current mass migration movements into Southeastern Europe, with particularly clear emphasis on the security implications often overlooked by EU governments. It can be wholeheartedly recommended to all students of EU migrant policy, security studies, international law enforcement officers, and humanitarian organizations."

Editorial Reviews

Migration, Terrorism, and the Future of a Divided Europe piles fact upon fact to show the massive movement of Middle Eastern and African people into Europe was no cataclysmic wartime event. . . . [It] explores the money surrounding and enabling the crisis, a key driver rarely addressed.” —The American Spectator

“This is a well-informed account of the impact of Europe's refugee crisis that was generated by the post-Arab Spring conflicts' population displacements affecting the continent's changing political climate, economic situation, and levels of crime and terrorism.” —Perspectives on Terrorism

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