In this article, Yan St-Pierre offers an overview how COVID-19 is perceived as both validation & opportunity for ideological & religious terrorist organisations & extremists, and how the current situation will likely nudge borderline terrorists to act.
EGIC has kept busy and already planned a second event in the series, dealing with “Terrorism in the Time of Coronavirus”. This event will take place online on March 31st, 2020.
Nikola Zukalová, one of EGIC’s analysts, wrote an extensive article on Smuggling in the Horn of Africa and the EU and GCC states’ common interests in the region, including and interview with Yan St-Pierre about the smuggling routes and goods as well as possible solutions.
Mark Townsend, journalist with The Guardian, interviewed Yan St-Pierre on European security, especially regarding its electronic security capability and reliance on the UK and the US sharing their electronic information.
#COVID19 lockdown terror network like Boko Haram would suffer food crises ad there seemingly no market for them to overrun. This could breed crisis among their various chain of command, and as such any planed attack would be deadly and more of food based https://twitter.com/MOSECON_UIK/status/1244937146483585025
With regards to Boko Haram, there is the likelihood of their advancement cum area mapping against the Nigerian State within the period of the lockdown as govt forces are now more concern in enforcing the #COVID19 lockdown order than fighting terrorism https://twitter.com/EGIC_/status/1244913677645623296
Thought-provoking @EGIC_ discussion on the impact of the coronavirus on the terrorism sphere, with some positives (increased vulnerability of NSA, loosening grasp on fear) and some negatives (social unrest and governments'fall expected will bring new opportunities). https://twitter.com/EGIC_/status/1243945951414366209
From the #ExtremeRight to the #ExtremeLeft, #religious fundamentalists to #apocalyptical movements, #Coronavirus is generating an effect. Register for the #webinar w #CarolineVarin @PeterRNeumann @MOSECON_Yan @MitchellBelfer & @SofiaBarbarani to learn more https://www.egic.info/terrorism-time-of-coronavirus
Thank you to the @EGIC_ team for the invitation and the set up. Enjoyed the discussions. It somehow always feels too short!
And thank you to everyone who tuned in for your interest 🙏🏻
And thank you to my fellow panelists for their insights https://twitter.com/EGIC_/status/1244937991975571456
We would like to thank the speakers #CarolineVarin @PeterRNeumann @MOSECON_Yan @MitchellBelfer & moderator @SofiaBarbarani for a fascinating discussion about #terrorism & #COVID19! Thank you for joining us & engaging in the Q&A! Stay tuned for the report & our future #webinars.
