Following the defeat of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, U.S. attention has turned to radical Islamist groups in Southeast Asia, particularly those in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore that are known or alleged to have ties to the Al Qaeda terrorist network. For more than a decade, Al Qaeda…
Kyrgyzstan’s increasingly authoritarian government is adopting a counter-productive approach to the country’s growing radicalisation. Instead of tackling the root causes of a phenomenon that has seen increasing numbers, including many women, joining groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), it is resorting to heavy-handed police methods that risk pushing yet more…
Intends to explore methods to involve the community in the fight against terrorism in an effort to enhance its protection from terrorist attacks and to establish a network between the participants for future collaborations. This guide can help policy makers gain an understanding of how counter terrorism requires community support…
Terrorism is not new to Southeast Asia. For much of the Cold War, the activities of a variety of domestic ethnonationalist and religious militant groups posed a significant challenge to the region’s internal stability. Since the 1990s, however, the residual challenge posed by substate militant extremism has risen in reaction…
The experience and knowledge that former extremists have can be valuable in countering radicalisation and de-legitimising violent extremism. They can support those who are at risk of recruitment, counter extremist ideology and challenge those who are still involved to leave., While there is considerable attention paid to preventing individuals becoming…
How Muslims and Islam are represented in the median reflects societal attitudes towards them, at the same time as shaping the political space within which Muslims feel excluded or welcome. Indeed, an overwhelming majority of those interviewed for this report hold the view that the portrayal of Muslims in the…
The European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report, better known as the TE-SAT, aims to provide law enforcement officials, policymakers and the general public with a fact-based understanding with regard to terrorism in the European Union (EU). In addition to the presentation of facts, it seeks to identify trends in…
On 29 November 2007, the Swedish Government Offices commissioned the Swedish National Defence College (SNDC) and the Center for Asymmetric Threat Studies (CATS) to review what is currently known about preventive measures to counter violent extremism and radicalisation. The assignment represents the first step in an effort to analyse the…
The purpose of this resource guide is to provide NGOs with clear information about hate crime characteristics and the impact of hate crimes on the stability and security of the community. The prevention and monitoring role of NGOs is illustrated with concrete examples. This publication also indicates how NGOs can…
The paper examines the potenial fall out from foreign fighters ‘sitting idle’ in the Middle East and North Africa, as the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq wind down. As in Afghanistan in early 1989, these wars have the potential to create a glut of foreign fighters, who may find themselves…
This paper was produced by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in advance of the 5th meeting of the Policy Planners Network on Countering Radicalisation and Polarisation (PPN) in Oct 2009. It examines how good practice can be sought, developed and shared in relation to managing and communicating effectively on critical…
The increased online presence of jihadists has raised the possibility of individuals being radicalised via the Internet. To date, the study of violent radicalisation has focused on dedicated jihadist websites and forums. This may not be the ideal starting point for such research, as participants in these venues may be…
