This report collates the existing literature on drivers of conflict in Tunisia.

A vibrant and sustainable democracy is underpinned by the democratic ideals of equality and human rights. While democracies should ideally promote and protect the equal rights of all women and men, global developments and security challenges such as violent extremism and terrorism limit the full enjoyment of such rights. Yet…

If military strategists are always fighting the last war, the same is true of those who work on countering radicalization. In 2001, Western intelligence services, mostly focused on localized terrorist groups like the Irish Republican Army and ETA, were stunned by al Qaeda. Come 2011, they were then blindsided by…

The National Strategy against Terrorism and Action Plan 2018-2022 is the third strategic document developed by the Government of the Republic of Kosovo with the aim to prevent and fight terrorist acts. This strategic document aims at countering and combating extremist or radical ideologies of whatever nature, which may lead…

This literature review seeks to reorient the discourse on radicalization to consider the connection between communication technology and violent extremism. By interrogating three central questions vexing policy-makers, law enforcement officials and academics, this review moves away from a monolithic understanding of the internet and showcases the opportunities afforded by different…

The United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, adopted resolution 2178 on 24 September 2014. This resolution requires States to, inter alia, ensure that they have in place laws that permit the prosecution of: a) FTF, b) those who wilfully fund or receive funds…

The present report provides the results of focus groups conducted by the Media Development Foundation (MDF) in September 2017. The study aimed at analyzing the attitudes of Muslim youth towards media coverage of Muslim issues. Media content for the study was selected from the results of Georgian and Russian media…

In a recent Politico op-ed urging Congress to consider the importance of United States foreign aid programs, Admiral Mike Mullen (Ret.) and General James Jones (Ret.) insisted that “[s]trategic development assistance is not charity, it is an essential, modern tool of U.S. national security.” The authors focus particularly on the…

Recent terrorist attacks carried out on behalf of ISIS on American and European soil by lone wolf attackers or sleeper cells remind us of the importance of understanding the dynamics of radicalization mediated by social media communication channels. In this paper, we shed light on the social media activity of…

Prominent scholars criticize terrorism research for lacking sufficient empirical testing of arguments. Interestingly, one of the most widely-cited estimates in terrorism studies has not been evaluated using the many data sources now available. Rapoport’s 1992 claim, that perhaps 90 percent of terrorist groups last less than one year, has been…

The mostly white men who gathered to defend the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, and white nationalism in general, came from many walks of life. And as they, one by one, began to be identified and their images circulated in the news media, their family members expressed everything…

The centuries-long struggle against racism and domestic terrorism in the United States reached another low point in Charlottesville, Virginia. On August 11, hundreds of torch-carrying protesters—exclusively white and nearly all-male—marched through the campus of the University of Virginia, deliberately invoking the imagery of America’s violently racist Jim Crow south in…