Multilevel Architecture of Information Systems for Monitoring Radicalization Trends in Digital Environments
Multilevel Architecture of Information Systems for Monitoring Radicalization Trends in Digital Environments

Summary/Abstract: The article proposes a comparative analysis of the ideological typologies of terrorist attacks carried out in the European Union in the period 2017-2022, in order to identify the tendencies of manifestation and chronological differentiation between the main forms of radicalism: jihadist, far-right, extreme-left and nationalist. The research aims to highlight structural transformations in the European terrorist landscape and to investigate the opposition or coexistence relations between these violent ideologies. From a methodological point of view, the study is based on a quantitative approach, supported by a simplified analytical information system, which organises and processes official data from Europol’s TE-SAT annual reports. The analysis has been carried out in three consecutive stages: statistical exploration, the examination of relations between variables and the multivariate projection of ideologies. This integrated approach has allowed the delimitation of two distinct periods: 2017-2019, dominated by nationalist and anarchist terrorism, and 2020-2022, characterized by the rise of jihadist radicalism and right-wing extremism. The paper provides a frame of reference for the development of differentiated security strategies, adapted to the ideological specificity of each historical stage.

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