Comparison of Foreign Fighter Model in Syria and Iraq with Kenya’s Schematic Model of Radicalization of Youth: The Role of Education a Second Political Socialization

This paper compares the Brookings Institution framework of foreign fighter radicalization with Kenya’s framework. Unlike the Western model based mainly on precedents in Iraq and Syria, the radicalization of non-Somali Kenyans is taking place inside the home country through political/terrorist youth groups and at mosques.