Nowadays, Social Networks have become an essential communication tools producing a large amount of information about their users and their interactions, which can be analysed with Data Mining methods. In the last years, Social Networks are being used to radicalise people. In this paper, we study the performance of a…

The National Strategy on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism is an important landmark document in the national efforts undertaken by Maldives to prevent and counter the threat of violent extremism. As outlined in the State Policy on Terrorism and Violent Extremism, Maldives views the threat of violent extremism with grave…

Between 2012 and 2017, around 315 Kosovo citizens are reported to have travelled to conflict zones in Syria and Iraq. Of these, more than a third have already returned to Kosovo. Another third is believed to still be in the conflict areas, including dozens of non-combatants, among which there are…

The Toolkit has been designed by HIVE [karachi] in view of the potential needs of organizations operating within Pakistan. However, it may be a useful guide for a wide range of local and international stakeholders.

After years of strong resistance, the development sector has recently made a pivot to engage on the agenda of countering and preventing violent extremism. What has caused this development and what are the consequences for policy planning?

Jordan has found itself pulled into a global storm involving terrorist groups and their ideologies, with al-Nusra and ISIS operating in its current center. Equally important is a decades-long history of violent extremist and terrorist movements operating in Jordan, and involving Jordanians, some of whom play prominent ideological and leadership…

Cartels are getting their swagger back in Colombia, drug-war violence is skyrocketing in Mexico, Central American countries like El Salvador and Honduras are now saddled with some of the highest homicide rates in the world, and parts of Brazil are open battlegrounds. So just what’s behind the angry ride of…

A practical toolbox for youth workers & recommendations for policy makers : results of the expert group set up under the European Union Work Plan for Youth for 2016-2018.

A Pew survey published on August 1, 2017, found that the fear of an attack by the so-called Islamic State (IS) ranked first in global concerns, just above climate change. The fact that the threat from a marginal and declining group of a few thousand members could worry people more…

This report maps the ecosystem of the burgeoning ‘new’ extreme right across Europe and the US, which is characterised by its international outlook, technological sophistication, and overtures to groups outside of the traditional recruitment pool for the extreme-right. This movement is marked by its opportunistic pragmatism, seeing movements which hold…

Over the past decade, government policy has repeatedly identi ed prisons as particularly important environ- ments in terms of both the risks of radicalisation and of opportunities for de-radicalisation. is paper provides an overview of some of the most important research ndings that have emerged on prison and violent extremism…

Tackling violent extremism (VE) as a part of education interventions is reflective of a broader international shift toward prevention of terrorism, and toward efforts to address the environment conducive for extremists to spread their ideologies and recruit supporters. Education has been leveraged to both radicalize and to de-radicalize young people…