This document provides a final overview of the implementation of the Action Plan on “The fight against violent extremism and radicalisation leading to terrorism” (2015-2017), adopted at the 125th Session of the Committee of Ministers (Brussels, 19 May 2015, document CM(2015)74addfinal). Interim reports had been presented at the 126th and…

Labour migration from the Republic of Tajikistan to the Russian Federation is mutually beneficial, at least for the foreseeable future. For Tajikistan, it allows solving serious problems with unemployment and thus contributes to mitigating the severity of domestic social and economic problems. Russia uses migrants to fill the demand for…

The Fragile States Index, produced by The Fund for Peace, is a critical tool in highlighting not only the normal pressures that all states experience, but also in identifying when those pressures are pushing a state towards the brink of failure. By highlighting pertinent issues in weak and failing states,…

Terrorism researchers have long sought to identify methods for challenging terrorist ideologies. The construction and dissemination of counternarratives has begun to receive substantial attention as a means of doing so. However, the effectiveness of this approach is contingent on message targets’ trust in the counternarrative’s content and source. This article…

This article applies a dialogical analysis to the change processes involved in moving from engagement with to disengagement from an armed militant group, as well as from radicalization to deradicalization. The findings underline the interplay between different push and pull factors at individual, organizational, and societal levels that played a…

This ex post paper summarises the recommendations and best practices drawn from the meeting. This document is intended for policymakers and practitioners who want to better understand the needs and goals of others and who wish to improve mutual cooperation at all levels. The exchange of best practices from the…

This report presents the findings from our Digital Resilience pilot, which suggest that digital citizenship educational approaches can be an effective tool for increasing the resilience of young people to extremist grooming and exploitation online.

Since 2016 the UK government funded a research project entitled “The Extremism Research Forum”, conducted by a team of local researchers. The research aims at addressing a series of questions including those about forms and threats of extremism, drivers of radicalisation, at-risk communities, links to organised crime and transnational co-operation…

Since 2016 the UK government funded a research project entitled “The Extremism Research Forum”, conducted by a team of local researchers. The research aims at addressing a series of questions including those about forms and threats of extremism, drivers of radicalisation, at-risk communities, links to organised crime and transnational co-operation…

Violent extremism stemming from the foreign fighter phenomenon, and the Islamist religious extremism in general has dominated the public discourse on threats in Kosovo since the end of 2013 to this day. Nevertheless, while the foreign fighter threat has been evident, this report suggests that violent extremism in Kosovo has…

Through an analysis of fieldwork interviews and both primary and secondary source evaluation, this report presents a baseline overview of the extremist threatscape as it pertains to the Republic of Macedonia. The researchers analyse both focus groups and individual interviews with critical stakeholders in civil society, members of the security…

Like all countries in the region, the recent foreign fighter phenomenon that emerged after 2012 brought the issues of radicalisation and violent extremism into the focus of Montenegrin officials. In 2015, they responded by developing a Countering Violent Extremism Strategy, followed by an associated National Action Plan. Yet, respondents in…