When a disunited Europe meets transnational terrorism (Marc Hecker, Brookings)

I recently traveled to Amsterdam from Paris. The easiest way to get there is to take the train: in three hours, the “Thalys” train passes through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In August 2015, a terrorist attack targeting that train was thwarted by passengers overpowering the perpetrator.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/02/09-disunited-europe-transnational-terrorism-hecker