In the wake of devastating attacks by violent extremists around the world, policy makers have invested considerable effort into understanding terrorists’ use of the Internet as they radicalize and mobilize to violence. To that end, the article “Terrorist Use of the Internet by the Numbers: Quantifying Behaviors, Patterns, and Processes”…
The rapid development of the Internet as a cornerstone of private and social life has provoked a growing effort by law enforcement and security agencies to understand what role the Internet plays in terrorism. Paul Gill, Emily Corner, Maura Conway, Amy Thornton, Mia Bloom, and John Horgan’s (2017, this issue)…
Hundreds of thousands of documented and undocumented refugees returned to Afghanistan in 2016, joining more than one million internally displaced within the country. International agencies warn of a humanitarian crisis that would affect hundreds of thousands of people as returnees struggle to meet basic needs. This Peace Brief provides an…
The research literature on violent extremism is vast, variegated, and growing by the day. From conflict and terrorism studies to governance, climate change, and migration, the quantity of existing research is too large for a single researcher or even a moderately sized team of researchers to penetrate or fully examine…
Fundamentalism has a very specific meaning in the history of American Christianity, as the name taken by a coalition of mostly white, mostly northern Protestants who, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, united in opposition to theological liberalism. Though the movement lost the public spotlight after the 1920s,…
This article examines the global, regional, and internal threats and challenges currently faced by Central Asian republics. The author sets out a number of complex security dilemmas in the region which have been caused by a whole set of domestic and external factors. Having analysed the geopolitical situation of the…
Historically, women have been victims to a much greater degree than perprators of violence. The situation is gradually changing in the context of globalization and new security challenges. Recently, we have been witnessing an increase of women involvement in violent extremist organisations including participation in foreign conflicts. These organisations –…
CEP threat reports detail the history, violent activities, designations, associations, and rhetoric of extremist organizations.
Editor’s Note: Programs for countering violent extremism—or CVE, as it is known in the jargon—may be in jeopardy. The incoming administration, in its rhetoric at least, has emphasized “tough” solutions to the problem of terrorism and seems little interested in softer approaches that might discourage radicalization or deradicalize existing terrorists….
Despite intense efforts by intelligence agencies and countless conferences, articles, and books, fundamental aspects of terrorism remain unclear: What identifies terrorists before they act, how do they radicalize, what motivates their violence, when do they act, what countermeasures are most effective? These efforts to find answers have fallen short in…
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.
We assess that at least some of the 90 homegrown violent extremists ( HVEs) incarcerated in the US who are due to be released in the next five years will probable reengage in terrorist activity….
