What's new about radicalization in the Netherlands? The rise of individualized radicalization and its policy challenge

The present contribution remarks a change in the nature of radicalization in the Netherlands. We note that group-based radicalization is on the decline. Radicalization has become an individual process. We suggest that in policy that deals with the new individualized form of radicalization, the community and Internet monitoring may play a critical role in detecting and managing the threat. However, above and beyond these suggestions, this shift implies a departure from the interethnic context and the religious (Muslim, Salafi) and ideological (fundamentalist, jihadist) characteristics that are typically associated with radicalization.