Terrorist attacks showed that Europe faces new security challenges. How terrorist networks develop and maintain depends on their funding. The authors focus on the financial aspects of terrorism. They analyse different methods of funding and suggest perspectives to combat terrorist activities.
Ivica Simonovski received his PhD in International Politics at the Faculty of Law, Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He is the Co-Founder of the Cyber Security, Corporate Security and Crisis Management Initiative (C3I). This non-governmental organisation focuses on raising public awareness of phenomena which are related to human security and privacy, among others electronic transactions and money laundering as well as terrorism and financing of terrorism.
Zeynep Ece Ünsal studied Business Administration as well as European Union and International Relations at the Baskent University in Ankara (Turkey). She received her PhD in International Security and Terrorism from the Defence Sciences Institute at the Turkish Military Academy in Ankara. Her research areas are international security, terrorism, international organisations and the European Union. She is the chairperson of CSRC-Global, a non-governmental organisation focused on security and terrorism issues especially in the cyber area.