by Anne Speckhard | Feb 1, 2018 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
Hundreds of thousands of children around the world have been seduced and forced into being child soldiers and cadres in the service of armed and violent groups. Many have been successfully treated using a combination of individual, family and community...
by BEYOND THE HORIZON | Jan 12, 2018 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
By Fatih Celenay, Brandon Rapoza, Ratna Gamage The purpose of this paper is to design a toolkit to decrease the violence and terrorism in Somalia. What are the practical solutions to increase the efficiency of military campaigns against Al Shabaab? We will conduct our...
by Transatlantic Task Force | Nov 23, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
By Uğur ORAK, Non-resident Fellow at Beyond the Horizon, Ph.D Candidate and Kasim DOGAN, Visiting Fellow at Beyond the Horizon, PhD 1. Introduction If we can determine what drives people to commit such heinous crimes, it is suggested, perhaps we can change their...
by Resul MULAYIM | Nov 18, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
Introduction Considering the retreats of ISIS from Mosul and Rakka, the expectations for the collapse of ISIS is rising but the crucial questions remain that need to be addressed. In this article, we focus on explaining how weak states offer convenient environments...
by Craig Cornfield | Sep 24, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has declared to hold a non-binding referendum on September 25. As the date comes closer, more elements add to the great puzzle unfolding in the Levant. Great powers like US and UK that set the scene for the fragmentation of the...
by Yasin YAVUZ | Aug 13, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Radicalisation & Polarisation
The structural factors behind Middle East rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia are so deep and it’s very difficult to overcome the problems in the near future.[1] Except the temporary peace like term between 1941-1979 when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ruled Iran, the...
