This report explores the three strategic goals of decentralized, unofficial pro-IS networks: create, connect, and deceive. The paper provides a historical overview of the changing strategies employed by such pro-IS supporters online, in response to the changing online environment and stricter content moderation policies, as well as explores each of…

This paper explores the relationship between gamification and violent extremism, as well as emerging trends on the given topic. The main questions the paper seeks to address through literature review are: “what is gamification of (violent) extremism, what are the current and future threats it presents to the European Union…

The Western Balkan states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and North Macedonia are the only European countries to have voluntarily and publicly repatriated male Islamic State foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) previously detained by Kurdish-led forces in Syria. Their proactive repatriation approach deserves both praise and greater attention. Controlled removal of…

The Gender and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Policy Toolkit, presented to the Twentieth GCTF Coordinating Committee in September 2022, provides guidance to support the practical use of the Good Practices on Women and Countering Violent Extremism and its Addendum. The development of this GCTF toolkit was led by Australia and Indonesia, Co-Chairs…

The Gender and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Policy Toolkit, presented to the Twentieth GCTF Coordinating Committee in September 2022, provides guidance to support the practical use of the Good Practices on Women and Countering Violent Extremism and its Addendum. The development of this GCTF toolkit was led by Australia and Indonesia, Co-Chairs…

The Gender and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Policy Toolkit, presented to the Twentieth GCTF Coordinating Committee in September 2022, provides guidance to support the practical use of the Good Practices on Women and Countering Violent Extremism and its Addendum. The development of this GCTF toolkit was led by Australia and Indonesia, Co-Chairs…

Gendered approaches in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) have been a topic of professional debate for some time. Practitioners, academics and policymakers are increasingly aware of the need to formulate gender-specific responses. However, key concepts commonly remain elusive and difficult to put into practice. Despite the growing interest, gender-disaggregated…

In Somalia, 26 million people are expected to experience extreme hunger by February 2023, threatening hundreds of thousands of lives. Nearly half of Somalia’s population of 7.1 million people already face acute food insecurity. In the first six months of 2022, the number of children receiving treatment for malnutrition surged…

Salafi-jihadi insurgencies have proliferated in Africa in the past decade. Salafi-jihadi groups had territorial bases in just four countries at the start of 2011: Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, and Somalia. By 2015, Salafi-jihadi insurgencies were active in 14 countries. By 2021, the number had reached at least 35,3 including a dramatic…

This report outlines the findings from the initial scoping phase of a project supported by a grant from Omidyar Network and launched by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) and CASM Technology to identify online spaces used by extremist, hate and disinformation actors and communities as they increasingly move away…

Tech Against Terrorism is pleased to publish a mitigation strategy for responding to terrorist operated websites (TOWs). To date, Tech Against Terrorism has found evidence of more than 200 websites being operated by terrorist and violent extremist groups, and a sample analysis of 33 of these sites found that they…

United Nations peace operations are generally considered a poor vehicle for counter-terrorism. Yet, UN peace operations are regularly deployed by the Security Council to settings affected by terrorism and violent extremism. The confluence of terrorism and conflict make this co-existence inevitable, but some missions have also engaged more directly in…