Bangladesh militancy risk is small-scale and isolated

Bangladeshi Islamists seek prestige and power by declaring affinity to global jihadist networks

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  • Second wave?
  • Fragmented forces
  • Avenging perceived suffering of Muslims
  • Creating an Islamist Bangladesh
  • Global networks?
  • Anti-Islamist government
  • Popular authoritarianism
  • Piety without Islamism
  • Hierarchy of risk
  • Party-political violence
  • Lone-wolf attacks
  • ISG sympathisers
  • Counterterrorism measures

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