With two-thirds of all countries in the world experiencing a terrorist attack in 2016, terrorism has become an unprecedented threat to international peace, security and development, feeding off violent conflict. As conflicts have grown in intensity and number over the past decade, terrorist attacks have also increased and spread. According…
Social psychological factors pertain to all aspects of terrorism, including how terrorist organizations operate, and the impact of terrorism on everyday people. The present analysis focuses on the aspect of terrorism where social psychology’s voice is perhaps most critical: radicalization (i.e., how terrorists are made) and deradicalization (i.e., how terrorists…
The RAN´s Communication and Narratives working group (RAN C&N) has developed the following practical guidelines for carrying out effective alternative and counter-narrative campaigns. The guidelines combine lessons learned and key elements from the RAN C&N meetings with an easily accessible overview of relevant research.
On ne saurait trop souligner l’extrême complexité de la relation entre terrorisme et médias. Depuis plusieurs années, aucun autre sujet n’a probablement donné lieu à une telle couverture édiatique permanente et n’a autant mis les professionnels au défi de conserver une éthique journalistique et de pratiquer un journalisme équilibré. Bon…
Link to the official UN Security Council Resolution 2396.
El yihadismo es un tipo de terrorismo político ligado a la corriente salafista radical. Empezó como ideología con el declive del mundo musulmán y se fue reforzando en la época colonial, aunque sus manifestaciones políticas, incluso pacíficas, fueron reprimidas en esa época. Como movimiento político violento, se manifiesta, al principio…
Violent extremist groups differ in many aspects – ideology, operations, and geography – but almost all seek and recruit disillusioned young men as fighters on their front lines. The ubiquity of this strategy means that young men are drawn to such groups less because of the groups’ specific beliefs and…
The RAN H&SC meeting took place on 11 and 12 December 2017 in Mechelen (Belgium) and sought to verify the need for risk assessments, how they should be understood, how they could benefit practitioners, and how they can be developed. Signaling and treating lone actors was a particular focus. Violent…
Press Release: Today, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos and Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King hosted the third Ministerial meeting of the EU Internet Forum, to take stock of the progress made over the past year on curbing terrorist content online and decide on next…
The issue of radicalisation1 and violent extremism has grown considerably in importance at both national and international levels. In view of this, in September 2015 the Federal Council adopted the Swiss counter-terrorism strategy,2 which has since been implemented step by step. It comprises four areas of activity: prevention, law enforcement,…
The Global Center on Cooperative Security, with support from the U.S. Department of State, undertook a two-year program to provide small grants funding to civil society organizations in South and Central Asia to develop contextually tailored and locally relevant responses to violent extremism. This report highlights the projects undertaken by…
This guide is the follow-on producte of the Expert Workshop on Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Collection of Counter-Narratives for CVE.
