This paper analyses three of the dominating discourses Anders Behring Breivik used in his compendium, the official title of which is 2083 – A European Declaration of Independence, also known as Breivik’s Manifesto. It is believed Breivik posted his Manifesto on the Internet shortly before the attacks in Norway in…
This report was the result of a year-long research project investigating CVE globally. Among other suggestions and recommendations, this report highlighted the role of former terrorists in producing counter-narratives for CVE purposes.
Beckhausen’s article is based on that of Berger and Strathearn (2013)which looks at white supremacists and their actions on social media site “Twitter”, regarding influence. Discussing the results of Berger and Strathearn (2013).
Right-wing extremism is a problem with pan-European dimensions. In 2011, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Friedrich Ebert Foundation) released a study that compared group-focused enmities in eight European countries. The study revealed that approximately half of all respondents thought that their countries had too many immigrants. About a third believed in the existence…
This report assesses the risk factors and drivers of radicalization in Indonesia.
The purpose of this article is to inform the debate about strategies and options for countering online radicalization within the U.S. domestic context. Its aim is to provide a better understanding of how the Internet facilitates radicalization; an appreciation of the dilemmas and tradeoffs that are involved in countering online…
Literature on Terrorism and the Media (including the Internet): an Extensive Bibliography
In the last two to three decades, Liberia’s image in Africa has oscillated from one extreme to the other. Historically, the country was seen as a beacon of hope as Africa’s first Independent Republic and it played its role in the African liberation process. However, 14 years of civil war…
This document is conceived as a document of a general nature intended to make the reader acquainted with the fundamental principles of the fight against terrorism in the Czech local context, to focus on particular areas concerned directly by the fight against terrorism but also to identify weaknesses in the…
Few would disagree that preventing violent extremism is a challenging, if not daunting, task that cannot be left only to a small number of authorities and actors. The nature of the phenomenon requires wide-ranging cooperation and a variety of expertise. Across Europe, practitioners, researchers and NGOs have extensive knowledge on…
This article (posted to the Extremis Project website) summarizes the work I carried out for the article “Radio as the Voice of God: Peace and Tolerance Radio Programming’s Impact on Norms.” In it I discuss how I used the responses from 1000 residents of Chad, Mali, and Niger to evaluate…
American Muslims have played an important role in helping to counter violent extremism (CVE) and support for al-Qa’ida, and are increasingly using the Internet and social media to these ends. Discussions with a number of Muslim leaders active in social media suggest that it is possible to expand such efforts…
