In 2020, OpenAI developed GPT-3, a neural language model that is capable of sophisticated natural language generation and completion of tasks like classification, question-answering, and summarization. While OpenAI has not open-sourced the model’s code or pre-trained weights at the time of writing, it has built an API to experiment with…
Radicalization and violent extremism are pressing problems across the world. After initially addressing problems in defining radicalization and extremism, this article sketches a new social-developmental model based on a systematic integration of theories and empirical findings. We propose a three-step model of radicalization starting with ontogenetic social-developmental processes during the…
Countries across the world are fighting a growing threat of violent extremism. Many have begun implementing Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) interventions to prevent or divert individuals from radicalizing to violence. Such CVE interventions run the gamut from large-scale government counterterrorism operations to smaller-scale online and counter-messaging campaigns. In measuring intervention…
Launched in response to the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, Prevent is one strand of the UK government’s counter-terror CONTEST strategy. Prevent, responding to an evolving threat landscape and changing political climate, has been through three iterations already. With the first independent review announced in February 2019 suffering a succession…
Ethno-nationalism and political and religious extremism are one of the main threats to public security and a major challenge in the fight against violent extremism and terrorism, both for our country and for the Western Balkan countries. However, usually when it comes to extremist activity, the public debate focuses on…
Ethno-nationalism and political and religious extremism are one of the main threats to public security and a major challenge in the fight against violent extremism and terrorism, both for our country and for the Western Balkan countries. However, usually when it comes to extremist activity, the public debate focuses on…
Rehabilitation, especially when addressing radicalised and terrorist offenders, is not optional. Our criminal justice and prison services are currently facing increasing numbers of offenders convicted of terrorism-related domestic crimes or assessed as radicalised, as well as returning foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) from conflict areas. Most of these (prospective) prisoners will…
This dissertation considers the intersections of Islam and secularism in the post-Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, as well as how international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have worked to promote peace and counter violent extremism in the country. By introducing two intertwined concepts – Islamic secularism and secular Islam – the author describes…
Whether you live with a young person, or now work virtually with youth, radicalization to extremism is something we all should be concerned about. Extremists looking to recruit and convert children are predators. Like all forms of child exploitation, extremist recruitment drives a wedge between young people and the adults…
This research paper analysis is a result of a one year research within the project Enhancing the Understanding of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF): Challenges for Rehabilitation, Resocialization, and Reintegration of Returnees in the Republic of North Macedonia implemented by the NEXUS Civil Concept and the Institute for Human Rights. This…
This research paper analysis is a result of a one year research within the project Enhancing the Understanding of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF): Challenges for Rehabilitation, Resocialization, and Reintegration of Returnees in the Republic of North Macedonia implemented by the NEXUS Civil Concept and the Institute for Human Rights. This…
This research paper analysis is a result of a one year research within the project Enhancing the Understanding of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF): Challenges for Rehabilitation, Resocialization, and Reintegration of Returnees in the Republic of North Macedonia implemented by the NEXUS Civil Concept and the Institute for Human Rights. This…
