Foreign fighters appeared in at least 26% of civil wars over the past 200 years. There is much that we can learn from the past to apply to the problems of today and tomorrow.
Foreign Fighters: Transnational Identity in Civil Conflicts Updated edition available from Oxford University Press
Foreign Policy Research Institute
National Press Club, Washington DC
July 14, 2009
Tabah Foundation
Abu Dhabi, UAE
October 27, 2015
All Things Considered - National Public Radio, October 21, 2014 (mp3)
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