This report presents the evaluation of the the first phase of ISD’s Internet Citizens, which took place in 17 youth centres, reaching 500 young people and around 75 youth workers. The project, run in partnership with Google, UK Youth, Livity, Wonder and ISD, is designed to teach media literacy, critical…
This report presents the findings of a project run with partners from the Arena Project, part of the Institute for Global Affairs at LSE, that investigated Kremlin and other foreign attempts to influence the 2017 German elections. The project uncovered the tactics and narratives employed by Kremlin-sponsored media, pro-Kremlin social…
El artículo analiza la probabilidad de que el grupo yihadista Daesh ejecute un atentado terrorista en España o los retornados persigan el mismo fin, así como los posibles objetivos contra los que se dirigirían. También se evalúan las actuales políticas de prevención y des-radicalización de individuos que suponen una amenaza…
This study, based on a combination of desk research, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, as well as field visits to the Western Balkans, aims to map the needs and provide an assessment of capacities in the region related to the disengagement, de-radicalization, rehabilitation, and reintegration of former foreign fighters.
Not a single Bosnian has been registered as going to the Middle East to fight in the last year and a half, and the authorities’ anti-terrorism focus has been redirected from prosecutions to deradicalisation programmes.
Icons and Symbols in Extremism by CREST Doctoral Researcher Christopher Barry. The poster presents Chris’ doctoral research on extremist imagery and why assessing this imagery matters. It was first displayed at the annual CREST conference 2017.
This article explores the link between radicalization patterns and modes of attack planning and preparation among lone-actor terrorists. Building on theorized patterns of lone-actor radicalization, we discuss and compare their modes of pre-attack behavior, including target and weapon choice, observance of operational security measures, likeliness of engaging in leakage behavior,…
What explains cross‐national variation of right‐wing terrorism and violence (RTV)? This question remains largely unanswered in existing research on the extreme right because (1) events data suitable for cross‐national comparisons have been lacking, and (2) existing analyses fail to capture RTV’s causal complexity, which involve multiple causal paths (equifinality) comprising…
Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in terrorist activities around the world, including in South Asia. Effective and timely international and regional cooperation is essential for States to prevent terrorist acts and bring terrorists to justice. The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), with the assistance of the…
Official text of the operation guidelines on the preparation and implementation of EU-financed CVE actions.
In this article, I explore analytically how local youth vigilante groups in terror-stricken northeastern Nigeria – locally known as the Civilian Joint Task Force or yan gora (“youth with sticks”) – are responding to threats to their communities posed by the terrorism of Boko Haram and the human rights abuses…
This article investigates the social media content of women who are affiliated with the Islamic State. Throughout one year, ninety-three Twitter accounts were tracked to explore the patterns of engagement by pro–Islamic State women online and examine how these patterns illuminate the roles that pro–Islamic State women occupy on social…
