Diego Muro

Diego Muro is Lecturer in International Relations at the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St Andrews and Research Associate at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB). Prior to joining St Andrews he was associate professor in European Studies at King’s College London and senior fellow at the St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.

ETA: is the terrorist group still active?

Despite the discovery of an arsenal of weapons belonging to ETA in a field north of Paris, few believe the Basque terrorist group has the ability to resurrect its violent campaign.

By Diego Muro

/ 15 Oct 2016

ETA: is the terrorist group still active?

Despite the discovery of an arsenal of weapons belonging to ETA in a field north of Paris, few believe the Basque terrorist group has the ability to resurrect its violent campaign.

By Diego Muro

/ 15 Oct 2016

Why did ISIS target France?

ISIS has clearly expanded its theatre of operations beyond the Middle East but why did it target France?

By Diego Muro

/ 20 Nov 2015

Why did ISIS target France?

ISIS has clearly expanded its theatre of operations beyond the Middle East but why did it target France?

By Diego Muro

/ 20 Nov 2015

The Madrid blasts, ten years later

In the tenth anniversary of the attack on Madrid’s rail network, Diego Muro analyses the consequences of the blasts for both the European Union and Spain. "Europe’s 9/11", he says, contributed to the decline of the Basque group ETA and to the creation of new mechanisms of coordination and cooperat

By Diego Muro

/ 11 Mar 2014

ETA's farewell to peace

On 30 December 2006, the terrorist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Basque Homeland and Freedom / ETA) exploded a van loaded with over 200 kilograms of explosives in the four-storey car-park of

By Diego Muro

/ 18 Jan 2007

A Basque peace opportunity

Two years after the horrific explosions which killed 191 people on packed rush-hour trains in Madrid blasts for which the armed Basque nationalist organisation Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Basque Homeland and

By Diego Muro

/ 23 Mar 2006

ETA after Madrid: the beginning of the end?

The Madrid bombings on 11 March 2004 are on their way to becoming a turning-point in European history. However, the response to Americas 9/11 and Europes 3/

By Diego Muro

/ 16 Mar 2004