In the wake of the June 12 IS-inspired attack in Orlando, FL, many questions have been raised about what is being done to fight IS – not only on the ground in Iraq and Syria, but also on the Internet, where a war of ideas and influence is taking place….
Some of the web’s biggest companies have unveiled new plans to crack down on extremist and terrorism-promoting material. Facebook, Google-owned YouTube, Twitter, and Microsoft are stepping up efforts to remove extremist content from their websites by creating a common database….
The threat of violent extremism is more geographically dispersed and more localized than ever, yet the security-focused and other responses of national governments and multilateral institutions have not been and will not be sufficient to counter and prevent its spread. A more comprehensive and strategic approach that empowers local actors…
Boko Haram’s rise and insurgency have dramatically changed the lives of thousands of women and girls, often casting them voluntarily or by force into new roles outside the domestic sphere. Some joined to escape their social conditions, others were abducted and enslaved. Seven years of war have caused gender-specific suffering….
While women are increasingly playing key roles in terrorist and violent extremist groups in some parts of Africa, little research has been done to highlight the link between women and terrorism. This is true of Kenya, where research has been lacking despite increasing concerns about attacks involving women. For example,…
The Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR) project uses a mixed- method, nested approach to explore a number of key research questions related to radicalization, including: • what are the demographic, background, and radicalization differences between and within the different ideological milieus? • are there important contextual, personal, ideological, or…
The RAN Education working group focuses on better equipping teachers, school leaders, and the rest of the school staff, so they can play a crucial role in preventing radicalisation. The aim is to raise awareness of the topic, but moreover to empower and build capacity to prevent and deal with…
Radicalisation is proposed to explain why some individuals begin to support and take part in violent extremism. However, there is little empirical population research to inform prevention, and insufficient attention to the role of psychiatric vulnerabilities.
In Afghanistan, the actions and narratives of violent extremist groups threaten to roll back many of the gains and hard-won rights of women over the last fifteen years. Women have long been cast in a binary light—as either disempowered victims or deviant anomalies—but in fact are involved in a wide…
Radical environmental groups and their members have a wide and varied agenda which often encompasses both local and global issues. In their efforts to call attention to environmental problems, communicate with like-minded groups, and mobilize support for their activities, radical environmental organizations also produce an enormous amount of text, which…
Council of the European Union conclusion report on the prevention of radicalisation leading to violent extremism.
CEP threat reports detail the history, violent activities, designations, associations, and rhetoric of extremist organizations.
