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- in De-radicalisation · Research
Understanding the effectiveness and desirability of de-radicalisation: How de-radicalisation is framed in The Daily Mail

Journal abstract Research on de-radicalisation has been primarily concerned with the efficacy of de-radicalisation programmes and their negative consequences. However, there has been little research on how the public perceives[…]

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- in Regions · Research · World
“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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- in Radicalisation · Regions · Research · World
Wilayat Al-Qawkaz – The Islamic State In The North Caucasus. Frames, Strategies And Credibility Of Radical Islamist Propaganda Videos

Journal abstract The growing influence of the terror organization “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) on Russian speaking communities has come to fruition in the North Caucasus. ISIS has[…]

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Explaining the Chinese framing of the “terrorist” violence in Xinjiang: insights from securitization theory

Journal abstract This paper critically examines the Chinese framing of the “terrorist” violence in Xinjiang. Drawing on the Copenhagen school of securitization theory, it examines how the historical perception of[…]

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- in Groups · Research
Broader, vaguer, weaker: The evolving ideology of the Caucasus Emirate leadership

Journal abstract In October 2007, veteran Chechen field commander Dokka Umarov proclaimed the formation of the Caucasus Emirate (IK), formalising the victory of the North Caucasus insurgency’s Islamist wing over[…]

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Visual propaganda on Facebook: A comparative analysis of Syrian conflicts

Journal abstract Social media platforms have become important in spreading propaganda images during conflicts, as demonstrated in several recent cases including the Israeli–Hamas confrontation in 2012 and graphic internet videos[…]

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- in Groups · Research
Between Caucasus and caliphate: the splintering of the North Caucasus insurgency

Journal abstract In December 2014, several high-ranking field commanders from the Caucasus Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz, IK), an insurgent and designated terrorist group in Russia’s North Caucasus, pledged allegiance to the[…]

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Framing Daesh: Failures and consequences

Journal abstract The actual structures and motivations of terrorist organizations like Daesh (aka. IS, ISIS, ISIL) are often invisible to the general public, and given their clandestine nature, often opaque[…]

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- in Causes of radicalisation · Radicalisation · Research
Political radicalization on the Internet: Extremist content, government control, and the power of victim and jihad videos

Abstract The role of the internet in radicalizing individuals to extremist action is much discussed but remains conceptually and empirically unclear. Here we consider right-wing and jihadist use of the[…]

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