From 1990-2010 ecoterrorist attacks by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) and Earth Liberation Front (ELF) created an anomaly in the U.S. with millions of dollars in property destruction. Interestingly, in a post 9/11 era, the FBI warns that the number one threat to U.S. national security is not religious terrorism,…

The third bi-annual report on violent extremisn in Finland has been published as part of the Ministry of Interior’s National Action Plan for Preventing Extremism., This report focuses in on demonstration held on 6 December 2013, the Finnish Independence Day, providing a thematic review on the acts of violence and…

With regard to upcoming milestones, including the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda and the 10th anniversary of the Strategy’s adoption in 2016, this document offers a series of recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of the UN counterterrorism program. These include:

Terrorism is a complex issue and various researchers have identified numerous causes and conditions that generate or are capable of generating terrorism. In the last decade, terrorist attacks claimed 36,495 lives and injured 27,985 people in Pakistan as a result of 3,482 bomb blasts and 281 suicide attacks. The aim…

Formers Anonymous hope to build a network of self-led and self-contained support and recovery groups in order to create a compassionate network of individuals that can help each other to address common problems pertaining to ‘street life’ and the criminal actions that often result from this lifestyle.

Gangsline works to support young men and women from deprived communities by providing a proactive and non-enforcement led approach to gangs and gang violence in the UK.

Completed in 2013, FROM (derived from the abbreviation for ‘full range of motion’) was an Inheritance Fund Project that took advantage of the experiences of ex-cult members and explored them through creative means.

Mixed Foundations is a peer-led service that offers counselling and mentoring to individuals within the Nottingham area of the United Kingdom. The project’s specialism is working with the mixed race and dual heritage community through providing a specialist package for their clients which focus on identity and related mixed race…

The aim of the project ‘De-Radicalisation – Targeted Interventions’ is to develop tools which can be adapted to the needs of youths showing extremist views and give the individual young person the long-term support and advice that is needed in order to break with and stay out of extremist circles.

The aim of the High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI) is to promote the integration of immigrants as well as promoting intercultural dialogue within Portugal. ACIDI ensures the participation and cooperation of immigrant associations, social partners and public services in decisions and policy assessments relating to immigrants.

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) documents and analyses racist violence against ethnic minorities in Britain, counter racism within the media, highlights the discrimination and “human trade” of asylum-seekers, and serves as a watchdog group of the British police services against racism and extremism.

Aims to communicate to the general public the importance of individual responsibility in ending extreme conflict and its subsequent human consequences.