by Alexander Jr. Ross | Jun 12, 2017 | Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Peace & Conflict Management, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
Terrorism is a never-ending phenomenon with its roots going back to the beginning of humanity on earth and will most likely continue until the end of it. Although the patterns and the spikes vary, it is sufficing to say that there has never been a period without...
by Byron Metselaar | Jun 9, 2017 | Commentary, Democracy & Rule of Law, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Corruption is neither new to the politics nor specific to a nation or a region. Yet its effects can be seen more pronounced in some cases. Think of a country with a young population, strategic location and deep historical tradition… Yet it is still not among the...
by David Nissay | May 27, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or the self-declared “caliphate of the Islamic State” has become the most dangerous threat to global security since al-Qaeda. It is more than just a threat to America and the West, because it poses a more existential threat...
by David Bailey | May 22, 2017 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
Three major factors caused international terrorism to rise in the second decade of 21st century. First, the power vacuum and instability in Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa – caused / triggered by the Arab Spring and the corrupt governments/failed states. Second,...
by Alexander Jr. Ross | May 19, 2017 | Book Review, Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
The aim of this paper is to critically analyze the 2011 book ‘How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns’ by Audrey Kurth Cronin. The Author is a professor at the School of International Service at American University in...
by Yusuf Kerem ALPERENOGLU | May 7, 2017 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism
“Master Euphrates tells bold and nice Sincere weeping in his eyes.” The counterterrorism struggle, which had been carried out in the mountains or the forests until recently, has now transformed into urban warfare. Some of the prominent reasons which caused this to...
