Humour has become a central weapon of extremist movements to subvert open societies and to lower the threshold towards violence. Especially within the context of a recent wave of far-right terrorist attacks, we witness “playful” ways in communicating racist ideologies. As far-right extremists strategically merge with online cultures, their approach…
New technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular, can be extremely powerful tools, enabling big advances in medicine, information and communication technologies, marketing, transportation among many other research fields. However, they can also be used for malicious purposes when falling into the wrong hands. The scope of this report – Algorithms and…
After emerging in eastern Libya in 2014, ISIS moved fast to establish a quasi-state in the coastal city of Sirte, amassing just a few thousand fighters at its peak strength. The apex of ISIS-L’s power from 2014 to 2016 may have been brief, and its current threat low, but the…
Nigeria faces immense internal security challenges, including the Boko-Haram crisis in the northeast and violent farmer-herder conflicts in the southwest and north-central states. Across the Nigerian federation, pockets of violent clashes have sprung and escalated in new locales in the last decade. Community responses to these violent crises have been…
The report goes over some of the early commentary on how the pandemic has impacted violent extremism, and more importantly, how that impacts our understand of preventing and countering violent extremism. It discusses social and economic consequences of COVID-19 on violent extremism and what opportunities are further opened for extremist…
This research briefing is based on a project called “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Far Right and the Populist Radical Right in the V4 Region”, launched in 2020. The aim was to investigate the narratives around COVID-19 and their impact on the political discourse in the Visegrad Group…
The View is a regular panel-based discussion programme from the Radicalisation Awareness Network exploring the challenges we face in preventing and countering violent extremism. In this episode, we look at the ways in which young people have been targeted by radicalisers during the COVID lockdown.
This special report is brought up to you by the Radicalisation Awareness Network. In this video, we discuss with two practitioners how to better engage with young people online to help them avoid going down the wrong path. This video deals also with conspiracy theories and how to address them.
“What is considered extreme now will be part of the government narrative within a decade” – these are the words of one of the interviewees of Political Capital, who held discussions with the leaders of Hungarian far-right organizations. Hungary belongs to the group of countries where the self-proclaimed nationalist governing…
Radicalization and violent extremism leading to violent protests, repression, and terrorist attacks constitute important issues in our world. Social psychological group processes and intergroup dynamics play a key role in creating resilience against or facilitating the path towards violent extremism. The present body of work brings together and furthers our…
This is a recording of the live stream of ICCT and Resolve Network’s December 1st, 2020 live briefing Back to the Future: The Historical Roots of Far-Right Violence, with speakers Dr. Elizabeth Pearson, J.M. Berger, and Dr. Donald Holbrook.
Modern media outlets are essential communication tools and help their audiences remain in touch with reality and interact with its novelties. They increasingly have an important role in explaining issues and presenting them to public view and opinion, especially issues concerning national security. The importance of the role media plays…
