This paper was produced by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in advance of the 8th meeting of the Policy Planners Network on Countering Radicalisation and Polarisation (PPN) in Oct 2010. It outlines the role of civil society in counter-radicalisation and de-radicalisation. It sets out the key terms and definitions and…
The Channel process aims to provide support to individuals at risk of being drawn into violent extremism. It draws on existing collaboration between local authorities, the police, statutory partners (such as the education sector, social services, children’s and youth services and offender management services) and the local community and has…
CoPPRa is a project funded by the European Union with co-funding from the Belgian Federal Police. It rests on the assumption that regular frontline police officers – community police officers – have an important role to play in preventing radicalisation because they work on the ground, understand their local communities,…
Renewed interest on how and why terrorism ends has emerged in parallel with increased visibility of some new and innovative approaches to counterterrorism. These are collectively known, whether for good or bad, as “de-radicalization programs.” However, and despite their popularity, data surrounding even the most basic of facts about these…
An examination into the lessons that can be learned from former radicals who made a choice to leave an extremist organisation. A review of the publically available cases of seemingly committed extremists who chose not to carry out acts of terrorism and step away, and the lessons that can be…
The National Security Council has been responsible for the collective development of this National Security Strategy and for the associated Strategic Defence and Security Review which builds on it. This work is historic: no government has previously carried out a detailed review of all its security and defence capabilities. Nor…
This article refutes the perception that Islamic education in Indonesia is one of the factors leading to radicalization and recruitment into violent extremism, and instead argues that Islamic education tends to be a protective factor against radicalization. The article has three aims: 1) to clarify the history and current status…
Tesis doctoral sobre los factores psicosociales que contribuyen a la radicalizacion Islamista de jovenes.
Anwar Al-Awlaki, an extremist preacher of Yemeni descent, is the first U.S. citizen ever to be placed on the CIA targeted kill list. His extremist sermons have been seen as the inspiration behind a number of high profile terrorist plots, including the shootings at Fort Hood in November 2009 and…
Political extremists and terrorists are increasingly using the internet as an instrument for radicalisation and recruitment. What can be done to counter their activities? The Challenge of Online Radicalisation examines the different technical options for making ‘radical’ internet content unavailable, concluding that they all are either crude, expensive or counter-productive….
The association between religion and violence has raised much interest in both academic and public circles. Yet on the individual level, existing empirical accounts are both sparse and conflicting. Based on previous research which found that religion plays a role in the support of political violence only through the mediation…
This project sought to identify and analyze the processes through which militants leave Islamist extremist groups, assess the effectiveness of deradicalization programs, and derive judgments about policies that could help promote and accelerate processes of deradicalization.
