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and on ground. The process in Georgia includes both ways described in the literature. The online recruitment is considered to be the most effective in the matter numbers of people recruited, whereas the on ground recruitment, though being harder, is considered to be more efficient, since it leaves its effect in the roots.
Main incentives of the Georgian citizens from the region of Pankisi Gorge to join the ranks of ISIS are the following: feeling vulnerable as a minority under the rule of orthodox church, past experiences of fighting in the Chechen war, desire to become a hero and fight for justice, financial motives. These conclusions were made, based on both the press covered and the interviews that have been conducted with the locals by world’ s prominent news agencies.
Realizing the threat that the ISIS and its recruitment from Georgia represents, the Georgian government has been taking steps in order to at least reduce the number of people in the outflow towards the Daesh through the following means: annual reports to the US Department of State, participation in counterterrorism organizations, signing of treaties, raising the issue in the National Security Strategy document of the Republic of Georgia, etc.
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