{{Short description|none}} A '''foreign fighter''' is someone who travels abroad to participate in an armed conflict, or fights for a country of which he or she is not a national, though different definitions have been used by different journalists, policymakers, and researchers, depending on what distinctions they've wished to make.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Asal |first1=Victor |last2=Malet |first2=David |title=Nobody More Terrible than the Desperate: Conflict Conditions and Rebel Demand for Foreign Fighters |journal=Studies in Conflict & Terrorism |date=2021 |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=135–153 |doi=10.1080/1057610X.2021.1961715}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cragin |first1=R. Kim |title=The Challenge of Foreign Fighter Returnees |journal=Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice |date=2017 |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=292–312 |doi=10.1177/1043986217697872}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Malet |first1=David |title=Foreign Fighter Mobilization and Persistence in a Global Context |journal=Terrorism and Political Violence |date=2015 |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=454–473 |doi=10.1080/09546553.2015.1032151 |quote=Research into foreign fighter activity has been marked by a lack of common terminology between and among academics, policymakers, and journalists. With an expanding range of scholarly work on foreign fighters and non-state armed groups operating transnationally, generating a meaningful debate on foreign fighter mobilization and persistence requires a shared understanding of terms for discourse.}}</ref>

==See also== *French Foreign Legion *Spanish Foreign Legion *Portuguese Foreign Legion *International response to the Spanish Civil War **International Brigades *Foreign support of Finland in the Winter War *Mahal (Israel) *Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts *Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces *Foreign fighters in the Croatian War of Independence *Foreign fighters in the Bosnian War *Foreign fighters in the Syrian Civil War and War in Iraq *Foreign fighters in the Russo-Ukrainian War **Ukrainian volunteer battalions *Controversy surrounding Swedish jihadist foreign fighters *Final Report of the Task Force on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel *List of foreign volunteers

==References== {{reflist}} Category:Expatriate military units and formations

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