Addressing a 'New' Form of 'Loyalist' Extremism? Reflections on the Legacy of the Northern Ireland Conflict.

This article presents an examination of the capacity for existing Loyalist paramilitary structures and actors to engage with 'far right' wing action-based and value-based extremism. The author argues that Northern Ireland faces a similar threat posed by far right groups as the rest of the United Kingdom and that utilising a strategic theory approach reveals a number of possible responses to the threat posed by far right extremism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]