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Antisemitism and Violent Extremism in Europe: An Analysis of Trends and Incidents
Since the coordinated terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza, European …
Kwale seeks ways to contain violent extremism
Kwale County is adopting a community-led approach to Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE), with stakeholders placing greater emphasis on empowering young …
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism? An Assessment
This report critically assesses whether P/CVE can effectively counter violent extremist organisations (VEOs). The question has gained urgency because counter-terrorism (CT) has …
Newly-elected pillar leads take charge as Lamu revamps counter-terror plan
This article reports on a multi-stakeholder workshop in Lamu County, Kenya, convened by the National Counter Terrorism Centre to revise the county's …
Ethical Conundrums: Hacked Data in the Study of Far-Right Violent Extremism
Ethical conduct in digital research is full of grey areas. Disciplinary, institutional and individual norms and conventions developed to support research are …
Reading Between the Lines: The Importance of Human Moderators for Online Implicit Extremi…
This analysis examines implicit extremist content—harmful messages conveyed through coded language, irony, or cultural references—which evades detection by automated systems and corrodes …
Multi-Agency Working in Practice: The Dutch Care and Safety Houses
The Care and Safety Houses represent a cornerstone of the Netherlands' approach to multiagency working (MAW) across the security, care, and social …
Fury and Void: Legal Pathways to Counter 764
In June 2025, a young man was arrested in Germany after an alert from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding an …
What fuels terrorism in Somalia? Perspectives from the jihadist group Al-Shabaab
Terrorism has remained a big international threat to worldwide security with Somalia being amongst the most hit nations owing to the consistent …
Right- and Left-Wing Violent Extremist Abuse of Digital Technologies in the Global South
This report, jointly published by UNICRI and VOX-Pol, examines digital technology abuse by right- and left-wing violent extremists in South America, Africa, …
Predicting the Descent into Extremism and Terrorism
This paper proposes an approach for automatically analysing and tracking statements in material gathered online and detecting whether the authors of the …
Community Based Civic Programmes and Prevention of Violent Extremism in Mombasa County
Violent extremism is a major security issue in many countries across the globe. Its motivators have evolved from nationalistic narratives to religious …