The ICCT Policy Brief titled ‘A “Linkage-Based” Approach to Combating Militant Islamist Propaganda’ presented a two-tiered framework of interlocking guidelines for counter-terrorism strategic communications. This Research Paper methodically examines the strategic logic of the “linkage-based” approach by exploring its conceptual and empirical foundations. It begins by briefly outlining the strategy’s…

CEP’s country reports detail the history of extremist movements, major terror attacks, and counter-extremism measures. Reports include information on radicalization and foreign fighters, extremism and terrorist movements, and domestic and international counter-extremism initiatives.

Large-scale migration to Europe has precipitated a paradigm shift in relations between the European Union (EU) and the government of Sudan, and closer ties between both entities. This new partnership has resulted in the EU disbursing millions of euros to the Sudanese government for technical equipment and training efforts geared…

Les attentats à Paris en janvier 2015 ont provoqué un vaste traumatisme collectif. Cet article interroge l’influence des discours à propos du terrorisme sur la sensibilité des opinions publiques occidentales. Cette analyse s’inscrit également dans une perspective performative de la violence politique. La forte médiatisation a selon nous renforcé le…

In recent months, a man inspired by the 2015 terrorist attack perpetrated by Dylann Roof was arrested for plotting an armed assault, while a Georgia man with White supremacist ties was investigated for possession of ricin. Indian immigrants have been targeted in suspected hate crimes in Kansas, Washington, and South…

This paper examines the existing evidence base regarding violent extremism and radicalization as push factors for migration and displacement, with a particular emphasis on displacement and migration from Africa, the Middle East and Asia, to Europe. It explores the extent to which there is evidence that migrants and migration from…

The concept of “Countering Violent Extremism” (CVE) has become central to the security policy of governments around the world. Yet despite the near-ubiquitousness of term there is widespread disagreement over what the concept means, and even more on what successful CVE looks like. The rise of the concepts of ‘violent…

La incorporación de mujeres a las filas de organizaciones yihadistas se ha producido en España en el contexto de la actual movilización vinculada al conflicto en Siria e Irak y a la emergencia de Estado Islámico como principal organización de referencia, coincidiendo también con la eclosión del yihadismo de carácter…

Because of a lack of resources, Bosnians convicted of fighting for radical Islamist groups abroad are not helped to ‘deradicalise’ in jail or to reintegrate into society after their release.

UNESCO has launched a handbook for journalists related to the coverage of terrorism, authored by Jean-Paul Marthoz. The publication is designed to help them carry out their work informing the public while avoiding the risk of actually helping terrorists achieve their aim of dividing societies and turning people against each…

UNESCO has launched a handbook for journalists related to the coverage of terrorism, authored by Jean-Paul Marthoz. The publication is designed to help them carry out their work informing the public while avoiding the risk of actually helping terrorists achieve their aim of dividing societies and turning people against each…

UNESCO has launched a handbook for journalists related to the coverage of terrorism, authored by Jean-Paul Marthoz. The publication is designed to help them carry out their work informing the public while avoiding the risk of actually helping terrorists achieve their aim of dividing societies and turning people against each…