The report reflects the media monitoring findings conducted by the Media Development Foundation (MDF). The goal of the media monitoring was to study the factors conducive to radicalization of Muslim youth and explore the role of media in this process. The target of media monitoring was the Georgian, Russian, Azerbaijani…
It is right before daybreak on December 26. Village Duisi in Pankisi Gorge is wrapped in darkness. Nineteen-year-old Temirlan is laying in his bed. He does not know anything yet. It has been one month since anti-terrorist special operation orchestrated on Gabriel Salosi Av- enue in Tbilisi.2 State Security Service…
This report represents the analysis of qualitative research findings on the major challenges of Azerbaijan’s and Georgia’s policies on countering violent extremism and radicalization. Desk research was conducted in the case of Azerbaijan to uncover the root causes of violent extremism, while the research conducted in Georgia covered the following…
With two-thirds of all countries in the world experiencing a terrorist attack in 2016, terrorism has become an unprecedented threat to international peace, security and development, feeding off violent conflict. As conflicts have grown in intensity and number over the past decade, terrorist attacks have also increased and spread. According…
Social psychological factors pertain to all aspects of terrorism, including how terrorist organizations operate, and the impact of terrorism on everyday people. The present analysis focuses on the aspect of terrorism where social psychology’s voice is perhaps most critical: radicalization (i.e., how terrorists are made) and deradicalization (i.e., how terrorists…
The RAN´s Communication and Narratives working group (RAN C&N) has developed the following practical guidelines for carrying out effective alternative and counter-narrative campaigns. The guidelines combine lessons learned and key elements from the RAN C&N meetings with an easily accessible overview of relevant research.
On ne saurait trop souligner l’extrême complexité de la relation entre terrorisme et médias. Depuis plusieurs années, aucun autre sujet n’a probablement donné lieu à une telle couverture édiatique permanente et n’a autant mis les professionnels au défi de conserver une éthique journalistique et de pratiquer un journalisme équilibré. Bon…
Link to the official UN Security Council Resolution 2396.
El yihadismo es un tipo de terrorismo político ligado a la corriente salafista radical. Empezó como ideología con el declive del mundo musulmán y se fue reforzando en la época colonial, aunque sus manifestaciones políticas, incluso pacíficas, fueron reprimidas en esa época. Como movimiento político violento, se manifiesta, al principio…
Violent extremist groups differ in many aspects – ideology, operations, and geography – but almost all seek and recruit disillusioned young men as fighters on their front lines. The ubiquity of this strategy means that young men are drawn to such groups less because of the groups’ specific beliefs and…
The RAN H&SC meeting took place on 11 and 12 December 2017 in Mechelen (Belgium) and sought to verify the need for risk assessments, how they should be understood, how they could benefit practitioners, and how they can be developed. Signaling and treating lone actors was a particular focus. Violent…
Press Release: Today, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos and Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King hosted the third Ministerial meeting of the EU Internet Forum, to take stock of the progress made over the past year on curbing terrorist content online and decide on next…
