Journal abstract The backgrounds of seven suspects arrested in connection with a September 2016 bombing in Davao, Philippines provide clues to how extremist ideology and support for ISIS took root[…]
Journal abstract Why do women become extremists? To what extent might they have self-agency? This paper examines the motivations and processes of female radicalization into the so-called Islamic State (IS)[…]
Journal abstract Although militant groups have been present in Bangladesh since the 1990s, the country catapulted to international media attention on July 1, 2016, after an attack on a café[…]
Journal abstract Kenya’s state discourse on terrorism and counterterrorism securitises Somali refugees and refugee camps. Using the securitisation theory, a perspective of social constructivism as a theoretical framework, the article[…]
Journal abstract This study investigates child soldier recruitment strategies of the Islamic State group (Da’esh). It argues that while the dominant caretaker and free-ranger approaches to child soldier recruitment make[…]
Journal abstract Following 9/11, Al-Qaeda-orchestrated plots were considered the greatest threat to Western security and sparked the coalition’s war on terror. Close to a decade later, the post-9/11 threat landscape[…]
Journal abstract Violent extremism is a key issue on the regional security agenda in East Africa. However, our review of the relevant literature, complemented by original primary research, suggests that[…]
Journal abstract In the years since 11 September 2001, pundits, politicians and scholars of terrorism and international relations routinely have declared that 9/11 “changed everything”. This article explores not only[…]
Journal abstract This article assesses whether the scholarly literature on radicalisation is adequately integrated into national policy strategies for countering violent extremism (CVE). It outlines concepts and models of radicalisation,[…]
Journal abstract Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) appeared on the Algerian landscape in 2007 after the merger between Al Qaeda and the GSPC, with the objective of expanding[…]
Al-Qaeda’s Revenge: The 2004 Madrid Train Bombings20 August, 2018
Radicalisation in the Philippines: The Cotabato Cell of the “East Asia Wilayah”17 August, 2018
The Rise and Fall of the English Defence League: Self-Governance, Marginal Members and the Far Right15 August, 2018Not just Brainwashed: Understanding the Radicalization of Indonesian Female Supporters of the Islamic State13 August, 2018