Juha Saarinen

Juha Saarinen is a researcher focusing on violent Islamism and Middle Eastern politics. He currently works at the Finnish Middle East Consulting Group and the Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism at Helsinki University.

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Jihad and Punishment: Repatriation and Criminal Accountability of Islamic State-Linked Women in the Nordic States

07.21.2023 Juha Saarinen

Following the prolonged detention of Islamic State (IS)-linked European citizens in al-Hol and similar camps in northeastern Syria from 2019 onwards, many countries have become...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Denmark

Finland Raises Terror Alert as Jihadist Scene Grows More Complex

04.01.2016 Juha Saarinen

Finland elevated its terrorism threat assessment for the second time in 18 months in November of 2015. According to the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (FSIS)...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Europe

The Finnish Foreign Fighter Contingent in Syria and Iraq

09.03.2015 Juha Saarinen

By August 2015, at least 70 individuals from Finland had travelled to Syria and Iraq (Suomen Uutiset, July 30). [1] According to an Interior Ministry...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Iraq

Tentative Steps Toward Deepening Defense Cooperation in the Baltic Region

01.28.2013 Juha Saarinen

In late December, the Swedish defense chief, General Sverker Göranson, stoked controversy by noting that Sweden would only be able to defend itself for a...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Baltics