Confronting Apocalyptic Terrorism: Lessons from France and Japan
Journal abstract Terrorists who believe they have a role to play in bringing about the apocalypse pose a serious threat to countries around the world. In their quest to eradicate[…]
Tagged: counter-terrorism
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Measuring radicalisation: risk assessment conceptualisations and practice in England and Wales
Journal abstract Individual ‘radicalisation’- extremism- and terrorism-related risk assessment tools have become increasingly central instruments of counter-terrorism. The scholarship on such tools, however, is still its infancy, and remains concentrated[…]
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Beyond faith: social marginalisation and the prevention of radicalisation among young Muslim Australians
Journal abstract Counterterrorism responses in Australia have mirrored trends in other nations with a focus on pre-emption, including the criminalisation of activities defined as preparatory offences. Security-based transnational approaches to[…]
The banality of counterterrorism “after, after 9/11”? Perspectives on the Prevent duty from the UK health care sector
Journal abstract Since 2015, the UK healthcare sector sector has (along with education and social care) been responsibilised for noticing signs of radicalisation and reporting patients to the Prevent programme.[…]
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The “Somalinisation” of terrorism and counterterrorism in Kenya: the case of refoulement
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[…]
“There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence – a noun, a verb and 9/11”: terrorism, fear and the after, after 9/11
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[…]
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Prevent As An Intractable Policy Controversy: Implications And Solutions
Journal abstract Academic literature on the Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy has long been dominated by negative voices. Whilst these authors have made important criticisms of the strategy, this literature has often[…]
Comparing Theories Of Radicalisation With Countering Violent Extremism Policy
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,[…]
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Young Blood: Understanding the Emergence of a New Cohort of Australian Jihadists
Journal abstract The overwhelming majority of jihadists identified in Australia across the last two decades form an interconnected network which transcends time and geographic locations. Close peer relationships appear key[…]
Rehabilitation to deradicalise detainees and inmates: a counter-terrorism strategy
Journal abstract The most significant threat to national security in the twenty-first century is terrorism. The ‘smart approach’ to counter terrorism is a blend of both hard and soft approaches.[…]
Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin’s Russia: Legacies, Forms and Threats12 December, 2018
What a difference two years make: patterns of radicalization in a Philippine jail10 December, 2018
The Derna Mujahideen Shura Council: A Revolutionary Islamist Coalition in Libya7 December, 2018
Gender and the Radical and Extreme Right: Mechanisms of Transmission and the Role of Educational Interventions5 December, 2018