Social Sciences and Contemporary WorldSocial Sciences and Contemporary WorldОбщественные науки и современность0869-04992712-9101The Russian Academy of Sciences69922810.7868/S2712910125050067ВОКРУГ МИГРАЦИИResearch ArticleRight-Wing Terrorism in the European Union: Current State of the Threat and its Communication AspectУльтраправый терроризм в Европейском союзе: текущее состояние угрозы и ее коммуникационный аспектhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8421-5396BazarkinaD. Yu.БазаркинаД. Ю.

Doctor of Sciences (Political Sciences), Leading Research Fellow, Department of European Integration Research

доктор политических наук, ведущий научный сотрудник Отдела исследований европейской интеграции

bazarkina-icspsc@yandex.ruInstitute of Europe, Russian Academy of SciencesИнститут Европы Российской академии наук151020255NO5 (2025)№5 (2025)667923122025Copyright ©; 2025, Russian Academy of SciencesCopyright ©; 2025, Российская академия наук2025Russian Academy of SciencesРоссийская академия наукhttps://modernonco.orscience.ru/0869-0499/article/view/699228

The state of the threat of right-wing terrorism in the European Union is determined and its communication aspect is highlighted. The current stage of this phenomenon is characterized by the use of various means of online communication that continue to evolve. These means include the growing utilization of generative artificial intelligence tools in political propaganda. It has been established that along with a decrease in the frequency and lethality of right-wing terrorist attacks in the EU, the social base of this branch of terrorism is growing. One of the most pressing challenges in the near future will be the increasingly frequent use of generative artificial intelligence to create and disseminate messages of right-wing terrorist propaganda. Among the primary sources used for this research are reports by Europol on the current situation and changes in the phenomenon of terrorism within the European Union, as well as media materials.

Определен уровень угрозы ультраправого терроризма в Европейском союзе и выделен ее коммуникационный аспект на современном этапе в условиях развития различных средств онлайн-коммуникации, в том числе использования в политической пропаганде инструментов генеративного искусственного интеллекта. Установлено, что, наряду со снижением частоты совершаемых ультраправыми терактов и уменьшением вызванных ими смертельных исходов, в ЕС растет социальная база этой ветви терроризма. В ближайшей перспективе одним из наиболее актуальных вызовов будет все более частое обращение к генеративному искусственному интеллекту для создания и распространения сообщений ультраправой террористической пропаганды. Среди исследованных первичных источников – отчеты европейских аналитических центров о текущей ситуации и изменениях форм терроризма в Евросоюзе, материалы СМИ.

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