Eretz Shalom (The Land of Peace) was launched in 2011 and is a social action organisation that advocates mutual respect and cooperation and the advancement of relations between the Jewish and Arab populations in Judea and Samaria. The organisation works to include individuals from both Jewish and Arab backgrounds to…

Founded in 2011 by former London gang members, All in All Transit is in essence a removal and storage solutions social enterprise that aims to promote community growth at both a local and national level. Their goal is to offer quality services whilst offering development, training, and employment to vulnerable…

This paper examines a specific case study in combating Islamic Extremism in Southeast Asia., namely the Philippine islands. Specifically, this article reviews the Philippine islands in detail, provides a brief history of the inhabitants, the Philippine government and defense forces, and then discusses rarely publicized issues surrounding Islamic terrorism within…

The use of social media tools by individuals and organizations to radicalize individuals for political and social change has become increasingly popular as the Internet penetrates more of the world and mobile computing devices are more accessible. To establish a construct for radicalization,the power and reach of social media will…

This article analyzes the factors that have motivated members of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) to abandon terrorism and the factors that have motivated other members of the terrorist organization to maintain their activism. The article examines the process of disengagement of an important faction of ETA and that of other…

This article undertakes a qualitative empirical study on instances of disengagement and deradicalization amongst members of the Basque ethno-nationalist group, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA). The three broad motivations identified as the reasons for exit on an individual level are structural, organizational and personal. Structural factors would imply political and social…

This report consists of a literature review and analysis of the existing research concerning ‘countering violent extremism’. This multifaceted report demonstrates the complexity of understanding Violent Extremism and best strategies to Countering Violent Extremism. This has been undertaken with the broader analysis of radicalisation and social cohesion theories, models and…

In this article, I investigate India’s two-pronged policy approach, which combines security and development intervention to address the root cause and symptoms of left wing extremism. While the two policy sets are meant for two very distinct policy subjects – the angry extremist and the neglected poor – I argue…

CSR is pleased to announce the release of its newest report, As American As Apple Pie: How Anwar al-Awlaki Became the Face of Western Jihad, by Research Fellow Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens. This study provides the first forensic analysis of Anwar al-Awlaki’s work, which tracks his ideological path from a supposedly moderate…

This article explores theories of radicalization by analysing the 21 individuals convicted to date under Australian anti-terrorism laws. All 21 are Australian citizens and so are discussed with reference to literature on home-grown terrorists. Open source data in the form of media and law reports were collected and analysed for…

On 2 April 2010 the Associated Press reported that the United States Department of Homeland Security was revising their airline security policies, moving away from physical, corporeal screening, to procedures based on intelligence. ‘It is a more intel – or intelligence-based – way to screen,’ said Homeland Security Secretary Janet…

Since 9/11 the field of (Counter-) Terrorism Studies has expanded exponentially. With the simultaneous expansion of Internet-based resources, it has become almost impossible to maintain an overview of the field – the more so as a variety of sub-fields have emerged, dealing with specific aspects of the phenomenon of terrorism….