by Anne Speckhard | Nov 18, 2018 | Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
By Anne Speckhard*, Ardian Shajkovci** & Neima Izadi In 2017, ISIS suffered major territorial and military defeat in Iraq. Despite the achieved success, the group remains active and in control of small pockets of territory in Iraq. It also continues to lure...
by Mustafa Kirisci | Jun 20, 2018 | Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
Introduction Why do some countries experience more terrorism than others? The role of bureaucratic capacity is intensely investigated by existing research to address this puzzle, and the previous studies show that having a strong bureaucracy is useful for states to be...
by Kasim Dogan, PhD | Apr 4, 2018 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation
“While estimating the number of children who have travelled from Europe to DAESH territory is difficult, another unknown is the actual number of children born (or yet to be born) in Syria or Iraq to European parents.”[1] Some of children were teenagers and went to the...
by Anne Speckhard | Feb 16, 2018 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare, Radicalisation & Polarisation
Abu Qatada, who many have called the spiritual father of al Qaeda in Europe, is a scholar of Islam and what many might deem a terrorist instigator, or an ideologue who puts out arguments in support of militant jihad, but never himself fights jihad or spills blood....
by Michael Stone | Feb 4, 2018 | Commentary, Defence & Security, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism, Radicalisation & Polarisation, Research
Hezbollah has long championed the armed confrontation against Israel in the Middle East. (ICG Report 2017, 2). Its image in the Arab street made a peak after the July war in 2006, and the group depicted this as its second victory after ending the Israeli...
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...
