The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has uncovered a range of digital influence campaigns targeting the European Parliamentary elections through a mix of social media mapping, undercover online reporting and media monitoring. This interim briefing paper addresses who is behind these malign influence operations and analyses the techniques they use….
The advent of new communication technologies and their ubiquity has many benefits for information sharing at a global level. However, these new technologies have also created new challenges which our societies are now faced with: the spread of disinformation, manipulation and online hate. This report assesses the Sens Critique pilot…
U.S. policymakers overlook the roles that women play in violent extremism—including as perpetrators, mitigators, and victims—and rarely enlist their participation in efforts to combat radicalization. This omission puts the United States at a disadvantage.
Analysis of more than 200 documents disseminated by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as part of its propaganda.
This guidebook was written to help support policymakers and practitioners who are looking to develop programmes on interventions to prevent VERLT. It also focuses on some of the region-specific factors that need to be considered when developing referral mechanisms in South-Eastern Europe, drawing from consultations with key stakeholders from the…
Special Report prepared by TDI: Racial Intolerance and Xenophobia, Rights of Foreign Nationals in Georgia. The Report covers the following topics: Racism and public attitudes Discrimination and racially motivated crimes, relevant statistics Discriminatory treatment towards foreign nationals by commercial banks Issues and challenges of obtaining a residence permit in Georgia…
As the nature of terrorism and violent extremism continues to evolve across the OSCE area, the need remains for the development of impactful, sustainable, and responsible policies and programmes that work to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT). Many countries are now exploring multiagency…
El 1 de noviembre de 2018 se han cumplido 25 años de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Maastricht por el que se creó la UE. Sin duda, supuso un hito en el proceso de construcción europea, superando el modelo de Comunidades europeas existente hasta este ese momento. Además,…
In the days and hours ahead of his deadly killing spree at a New Zealand mosque on Friday, the alleged shooter left a trail of digital evidence that demonstrated one clear purpose: His terrorist attack was conceived with the internet in mind. The murderer was making a snuff film for…
Information about the UAE government’s initiatives and centres for countering violent extremism – the International Institute of Tolerance, Hedayah, and Sawab.
In recent times, terrorist groups such as Al-Qaida, Boko Haram and Islamic State have reshaped our perception of Violent Extremism (1) (VE) as well as it initiated the debate about how to tackle with this emerging threat. Also, their message of intolerance – cultural, religious and social – has just…
Mehdi Nemmouche has been convicted of carrying out Europe’s first terror attack by an Islamist fighter returning from the war in Syria. But his journey from a French foster home to a Brussels court began not in a Middle Eastern desert but in a run-down industrial town in northern France.
