This paper examines the rise of social media as a recruitment tool for terrorist networks. It traces how terrorist networks are using these new technologies to plan, coordinate and execute their campaigns of violence in the real world. This paper also highlights the interactive use of a variety of social…

Beginning with a historical perspective on foreign ?ghters, this article then seeks to clarify ambiguities and biases that shape how we often analyse the foreign ?ghter phenomenon. The central focus is then on the evolving trends and activities of the movement. A new generation of ?ghters have emerged who are…

The Human Factors and Medicine Research and Technology Task Group 140, Psychosocial, Organizational and Cultural Aspects of Terrorism began meeting formally in November 2006 in Rome, Italy at the NATO Defence College. This paper documents the group’s research areas, which were three fold: to map current social scientific expertise, knowledge…

In order to understand how the Tupamaros ended it is necessary to give an overview of Uruguay’s situation in the 1950s and 1960s and explain why in this relatively rich South American country an urban guerilla group developed. The first section presents the topographical, historical, socio-political and ideological context in…

Recently many scholars have focused their attention on the dynamics of radicalization, de-radicalization, and disengagement, yet most studies are based on indirect and/or data which is difficult to verify. An exception comes from Italy, where authorities have recently benefited from the insights of two former members of an al Qaeda-affiliated…

The previous government developed guidelines for schools detailing primary prevention approaches that could be used to reduce risk and promote resilience in young people against extremist groups (DCSF, 2009). A community psychology approach is utilized in this research to gain the views of young people in one Local Authority (LA)…

The main objective of this research is to explore the results of the use of videos as an educational tool which helps increasing students’ motivation in any discipline. The study is based on several streaming videos created as a support material for learning and used by 12 lecturers with 487…

In the 2005 World Summit Declaration, world leaders condemned terrorism in all its forms, committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever purposes — the first such high-level consensus. One year later, the unanimous adoption of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy represented a milestone in the multilateral counterterrorism domain that…

Our report sets out the action that has already been taken, including the summer activities programme which involved some 200,000 young people in all 9 regions of England, and the steps taken to appoint facilitators to foster dialogue within and between fractured communities. We have highlighted where developing Government policy…

This book pools authoritative analyses by recognised scholars on manifestations, strategies and topics of the radical right in the light of the increasing threat by right-wing extremism and right-wing populism to European democracies and societies. The anthology looks at different European countries and regions, giving an impetus for the development…

Populist parties and movements are now a force to be reckoned with in many Western European countries. These groups are known for their opposition to immigration, their ‘anti-establishment’ views and their concern for protecting national culture. Their rise in popularity has gone hand-in-hand with the advent of social media, and…

David Copeland’s two-week bombing campaign in spring 1999 brought the existence of far-right terrorism into the public eye. In fact he was not the first far-right terrorist to be convicted in Britain and many others have followed. Nevertheless the police, Crown Prosecution Service and courts have generally viewed far-right terrorists…