The Youth Civil Activism Network (YouthCAN) is designed to upscale and optimize grassroots efforts to combat violent extremism of all forms. It connects a wide array of youth activists from around the world, including artists, tech entrepreneurs, civil society leaders, youth workers, filmmakers, cartoonists, students and innovators. The network was…

On top of longstanding tensions that lead to violence, youth in university campuses in Afghanistan are vulnerable targets for recruitment by radical groups including violent extremists. Providing university campuses with resources to develop and teach peaceful conflict resolution tools and techniques enables students and faculty members to fight for their…

Let’s Talk About It is an initiative designed to provide practical help and guidance to the public in order to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism…..

This paper contains non-binding recommendations put forward by the Chairmanship as a further contribution to the discussions on the United Nations Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism and its implementation in the OSCE region in support of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

Terrorist groups repeatedly take actions that are ultimately politically counter-productive. Sometimes these are the result of deliberate calculations that happen to be mistaken – Al-Qaeda’s decision to conduct the 9/11 attacks is the most obvious example of an ultimately self-defeating operation. Sometimes they reflect the challenges groups face in controlling…

Like many other young Westerners, Mohamed Elmi Ibrahim was attending university, majoring in English. He maintained a blog where he posted pictures of pilgrimages to Mecca, unsurprising for a young Muslim publicly displaying his faith. Ibrahim’s blog also contained pictures of snow-filled landscapes featuring the northern lights, also unsurprising for…

This October, the first American convicted on Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-related charges is set to be released. Shannon Maureen Conley of Colorado was convicted in 2015 for attempting travel to the so-called Islamic State. In court, she claimed to have completely rejected jihad, and her psychiatric evaluation…

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) conducted an independent research study — a process evaluation — of the LAPD’s strategy of using countering violent extremism tailored community policing (CVETCP). A process evaluation examines the course and context of a program so as to understand what is happening,…

Although the phenomenon of foreign fighters is certainly not new, recent developments in Syria and Iraq have put this issue back on the European Union’s security agenda. The Western Balkan region is not an exception to this trend. Violent extremism in the region is generally perceived through the lens of…

This list of practitioners’ recommendations takes stock of practitioner experience and reflects the measures practitioners feel could facilitate their counterparts’ work. It is intended to give national authorities extra insight into practitioners’ needs and ideas as they review existing approaches and strategies in light of challenges related to returning foreign…

Оваа листа на препораки од стручните работници е резултат на нивното искуство и ги одразува мерките за кои тие сметаат дека би можеле да ја олеснат работата на нивните колеги. Намерата е на националните власти да им се даде дополнителен увид во потребите и во идеите на стручните работници, со…

Les violents attentats qui ont récemment frappé la France, entre autres pays, ont suscité des comparaisons avec le terrorisme que connut l’Italie pendant les années 1970. Sans se livrer à un tel exercice de comparaison, Marc Lazar nous livre ici les réflexions que lui inspire sa connaissance de l’Italie des…