http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/ en-gb http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/debate/khosrokhavar-2012-radicalisation/ Assessing the impact of the Arab Spring on the fortunes of Jihadist movements in the Middle East, Khosrokhavar argues that it dealt a major blow to their wider attraction. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:33:29 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/debate/khosrokhavar-2012-radicalisation/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/de-radicalisation/rascoff-2012-establishing/ This article provides both a good introductory survey to approaches to counter-radicalisation, placing US efforts in the context of European practices. Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:02:24 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/de-radicalisation/rascoff-2012-establishing/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/debate/reader-2012-aftermath/ An analysis of the impact of the Aum Shinrikyo affair, and an application of lessons that can be learned from those events to contemporary discussions of radicalisation. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:52:09 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/debate/reader-2012-aftermath/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/regions/World/mayer-1996-mythes/ An analysis of The Order of the Solar Temple that has influenced all subsequent studies and that remains the most significant work on the topic. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:29:50 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/regions/World/mayer-1996-mythes/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/groups/lifton-1999-destroying/ Lifton looks at Aum Shinrikyō, its orientations, members and activities and seeks to identify in particular the characteristics and psychological orientation of its guru, Asahara Shoko. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:12:53 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/groups/lifton-1999-destroying/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/regions/World/kisala-2001-religion/ This collection of essays provides an outline of Aum's turn to violence and an analysis of how different agencies and interest groups within Japan responded to the affair. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:54:23 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/regions/World/kisala-2001-religion/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/regions/World/Shimazono-1997-possibility/ Based on the sermons of Asahara Shoko (leader of Aum Shinrikyo), this book is one of the most extensive examinations of the relationship between religious doctrines and violence. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:40:46 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/regions/World/Shimazono-1997-possibility/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/debate/sidel-2012-radicalisation/ Reinforces the importance of local context in understanding Islamist violence in Southeast Asia. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:16:32 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/debate/sidel-2012-radicalisation/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/debate/20110217_githens_black/ Questioning the school of thought that sees 'extremist' ideas as causally associated with a specific outcome, the author argues that poor generalisations have no scientific value in understanding the relationship between radicalisation and violence. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:14:45 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/debate/20110217_githens_black/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/regions/World/khosrokhavar_2005_suicide/ This book makes the claim that an important distinction should be made between two types of jihadist martyrdoms. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:00:56 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/regions/World/khosrokhavar_2005_suicide/ http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/ideologies/religious-violence-in-contemporary-japan-the-case-of-aum-shinrikyo/ Study of the Japanese religious movement Aum Shinrikyo, which released Sarin gas into the Tokyo transport system in 1995. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:47:45 +0000 http://www.radicalisationresearch.org/research/ideologies/religious-violence-in-contemporary-japan-the-case-of-aum-shinrikyo/