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Countering Violent Extremism: A Realist Review for Assessing What Works, for Whom, in Wha…
Europe is confronted with an increase of violent extremism and the expectation is that the security threat will rise even further in …
Countering Insurgencies, Terrorism and Violent Extremism in South Asia
South Asia continues to remains a hotbed of various forms of extremism. Indiscriminate violent terrorism with a strong religious overtone claims the …
‘Killing a mosquito with a hammer’: Al-Shabaab violence and state security responses in K…
The growing prominence of networked, transnational forms of violence and militancy, particularly across the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, has raised …
Countering Violent Extremism Online and Offline
CVE has risen to prominence as a policy goal, not only for national governing bodies but also for international institutions like the …
Engaging Muslim communities to tackle radicalisation and violent extremism: What does the…
Public trust and confidence in police is central to the capacity of police to control and prevent crime. Trust and confidence is …
Do Targeted Killings Increase or Decrease Terrorism? Evaluating the Evidence and Other C…
The counterterrorism policy of eliminating global jihadist movement leaders through targeted killings has increased dramatically over the last decade (New America Foundation, …
Assessing the Effectiveness of High-Profile Targeted Killings in the “War on Terror” A Qu…
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the ensuing “war on terrorism,” the U.S. government has engaged in a series of …
DANGEROUSLY DISPROPORTIONATE THE EVER-EXPANDING NATIONAL SECURITY STATE IN EUROPE
Hundreds of people were killed and wounded in a spate of violent attacks in European Union (EU) states between January 2015 and …
Private Sector Engagement in Responding to the Use of the Internet and ICT for Terrorist …
Since the late 1990s, as global connectivity has increased, terrorist and violent extremist groups have become more sophisticated in their use of …
Approaches for Countering Violent Extremism at Home and Abroad
The previous section of this volume revealed that trends in transnational terrorist threats are sobering—the threat from ISIL (also known as ISIS …
Police and Community Cooperation in Counterterrorism: Evidence and Insights from Australia
Effectively engaging the Muslim community is a challenge for police given many Muslims feel unfairly targeted by counterterrorism policies and laws because …
Rethinking Nigeria’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Nigeria currently attracts significant global attention with headline news of a complex terrorism situation that has greatly undermined the country’s national integrity …