Far-right violence and terrorism are a growing threat to Western societies. Far-right terrorist attacks increased by 320 per cent between 2014 and 2019 according to the 2019 Global Terrorism Index. In 2018 alone, far-right terrorist attacks made up 17.2% of all terrorist incidents in the West, compared to Islamic groups…
Terrorist activity in today’s world is complex, multifaceted, and not confined to national borders. Terrorist groups are less cohesive, and the threat they pose is harder to understand and predict. We are witnessing not only directed attacks in the OSCE area, but also self-inspired acts of violence. Some terrorist actors…
As news circulates of Russia’s intentions for interference in the 2020 election, Americans would be wise to become more skeptical of information circulated through social media networks. Though Russia relies on troll factories and armies of bots, much of this disinformation we see circulating is actually generated and circulated by…
In 2011, the United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded our research team a one-year project to build a database on the antecedent behaviors of lone-actor terrorists from scratch. This chapter outlines the variety of challenges we faced from the outset of the project, how we tried to…
The popularity of the new media’s platforms is durable, the social relations are transferred into the virtual space. Meanwhile the sociologists explain that it is getting more and more difficult to stop the violent contents, and that too much surfing on the internet is in connection with the decline of…
This article discusses security awareness as a tool in most democracies for preventing crime, terrorism, and violent extremism. It outlines some of the challenges on the issue, including the differences in approaches to prevention, the types of related measures, their implementation and the toolkits and methods used. Given the threat…
Scholarly debate on the media coverage of events, different topics, situations and problems of the society, constitutes one of the most fertile fields of study on the effects of media reporting. In general, the debate on the effects on the public opinion of media’s coverage of various events derives from…
Scholarly debate on the media coverage of events, different topics, situations and problems of the society, constitutes one of the most fertile fields of study on the effects of media reporting. In general, the debate on the effects on the public opinion of media’s coverage of various events derives from…
The report was produced for Hedayah by a team of EFCA consultants: Dr Kanykey Jailobaeva, Mrs Kanykei Latipova, Dr Temirlan Jailobaev, Ms Nazgul Cholponbaeva, Mrs Gulnara Asilbekova, Mr Azamat Sharshenaly, Ms Gulnaz Kolsarieva, Ms Myrzagul Baialieva. This report presents findings of the research on the role of schools and residential…
The report was produced for Hedayah by a team of EFCA consultants: Dr Kanykey Jailobaeva, Mrs Kanykei Latipova, Dr Temirlan Jailobaev, Ms Nazgul Cholponbaeva, Mrs Gulnara Asilbekova, Mr Azamat Sharshenaly, Ms Gulnaz Kolsarieva, Ms Myrzagul Baialieva. This report presents findings of the research on the role of schools and residential…
The report was produced for Hedayah by a team of EFCA consultants: Dr Kanykey Jailobaeva, Mrs Kanykei Latipova, Dr Temirlan Jailobaev, Ms Nazgul Cholponbaeva, Mrs Gulnara Asilbekova, Mr Azamat Sharshenaly, Ms Gulnaz Kolsarieva, Ms Myrzagul Baialieva. This report presents findings of the research on the role of schools and residential…
The report was produced for Hedayah by a team of EFCA consultants: Dr Kanykey Jailobaeva, Mrs Kanykei Latipova, Dr Temirlan Jailobaev, Ms Nazgul Cholponbaeva, Mrs Gulnara Asilbekova, Mr Azamat Sharshenaly, Ms Gulnaz Kolsarieva, Ms Myrzagul Baialieva. This report presents findings of the research on the role of schools and residential…
