The process of post-conflict reconstruction in Liberia involves an array of actors vying for power. Many of the key political and civic figures involved are former warlords, whose reigns of terror affected many they now work with and serve. By reframing themselves through social media these warlords have created new…

This article presents the key findings of an evaluation of a mentoring scheme being implemented for individuals deemed vulnerable to violent extremism in the West Midlands region in the United Kingdom. The key findings of this study are, firstly, that mentoring around violent extremism carries distinctive features, and can be…

When delivering international development assistance, states should not be able to place the goal of protecting their citizens from transnational terrorism above that of alleviating poverty in developing countries. And yet this is precisely what they do on a regular basis when they use their policy on international development assistance…

An op-ed on the link between poverty in countries such as Iraq and Kenya and the proliferation of global terrorism.

This research analyzes the role of victims of terrorism in preventing and countering violent extremism. The report first looks at the types of victims (direct and indirect), and then outlines the responses to victims of terrorism internationally, namely through the European Union and the United Nations. The author suggests that…

The article focuses on the Sindh-Balochistan Reading Council (SBRC) in Pakistan, which aims to improve literacy in the country to counter extremism. It states that only 40% of literate people in Pakistan can read simple words in local languages. It says that SBRC, which works in the Sindh and Balochistan…

Countering terrorism through social science-based development assistance is a new policy model that moves beyond traditional methods based on the application of military force, public diplomacy, pressure to democratize, or broad-based poverty alleviation. The core elements of this framework for countering violent extremism (CVE) involve 1) pushing U.S. military responses…

The European Commission-funded Radicalisation Awareness Network RAN Police and Law Enforcement Working Group (RAN POL) is the working group for police and other law enforcement officials who are responsible for community related police work. The objective of RAN POL is to increase awareness of the issue of violent radicalisation amongst…

With Muslims as a case study, this unique research by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, the Vodafone Foundation Germany and the British Council is looking into the complexity of media use in an ever-diverse Europe. Building on a small-scale pilot research project conducted by ISD in cooperation with the Vodafone…

This report is part of a larger project funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will be published by Routledge in early 2012. The Report examines the approaches of eight Muslim-majority states known to have developed ‘soft’ strategies to counter this problem, and demonstrates how all of these…

This literature review examines the phenomenon of lone wolf terrorism. There seem to be some important factors that contribute to an individual’s deciding to become a lone wolf terrorist instead of joining a larger terrorist group or network. Although there seems to be consensus about terrorists being psychologically stable, it…

This a report compiled from the Preventing Youth Radicalization (PYR) workshop The PYR workshop set out to identify the common challenges facing East Africa’s youth and to explore strategies aimed at enhancing their resistance to radical ideologies. A primary goal of the PYR workshop was to promote understanding of the…