Anti-Government Extremism: A New Threat?

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During the last few years, intelligence and security agencies have pointed to ‘anti-government extremism’ (AGE) as an emerging threat to democracy, political processes, institutions and elected politicians. However, this term is used to refer to a rather wide range of phenomena, movements, ideas and actions. The general notion is that it refers to movements or ideas over which the government does not have a legitimate basis to exercise power.

Author: Tore Bjørgo

This paper was presented at the 4th conference of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) Advisory Network on terrorism and propaganda, 14-15 March 2023, at Europol Headquarters, The Hague. The views expressed are the authors’ own and do not necessarily represent those of Europol.

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