The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to a presentation of a new book
by Kacper Rekawek entitled "Foreign Fighters in Ukraine. The Brown–Red
Cocktail". The Russian (re-)invasion of Ukraine in 2022 prompted the Ukrainian
authorities to call on its foreign supporters to join the war effort as part of
the nascent “International Legion.”





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CEP Webinar: Book Presentation By Kacper Rekawek: "Foreign Fighters In
Ukraine. The Brown–Red Cocktail"



(New York, N.Y. / Berlin, Germany) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
invites you to a presentation of a new book by Kacper Rekawek entitled"Foreign
Fighters in Ukraine. The Brown–Red Cocktail"
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The Russian (re-)invasion of Ukraine in 2022 prompted the Ukrainian
authorities to call on its foreign supporters to join the war effort as part of
the nascent “International Legion.” The thousands of foreign individuals that
apparently responded to that call were not the first. Foreigners have been
joining both sides of the conflict since 2014.



This book unmasks this largely unknown group of fighters. The author analyses
their various ideological and social backgrounds, motivations for joining the
conflict, and their battle record in Eastern Ukraine. Based on interviews with
these fighters the author examines why they decided to their lives to fight a
war abroad, while also attracting the attention of security services at home.
The author seeks to establish whether these returnees constitute a potential
security threat to the West.



Since 2019,
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CEP has worked with Kacper Rekawek to analyze the travel of extremist foreign
fighters to the conflict in Ukraine from2014
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onwards. Following the Russian re-invasion in February 2022, CEP releasedtwo
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assessments
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and adetailed analytical report
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by Kacper Rekawek concerning the developing situation. This webinar continues
the CEP virtual event series on this subject.



Recordings of previous webinars focusing on extremist foreign fighter travel
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The webinar will be conducted in English via Zoom.



Date: January 20, 2023

Time: 10:00 a.m. ET / 16:00 CET to 11:30 am ET / 17:30 CET



EVENT PROGRAM:



Book Presentation: "Foreign Fighters in Ukraine. The Brown–Red Cocktail"

Kacper Rekawek, PhD

Author, postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at
the University of Oslo and affiliated researcher at Counter Extremism Project
(CEP)



Discussant

Michael Colborne

Journalist at Bellingcat, author of “From the Fires of War: Ukraine’s Azov
Movement and the Global Far Right”



Moderator and Introductory Remarks:

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)



The presentations will be followed by a Q&A-session open to all participants.



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