Reports

  • May302018

    From Battlefield to Ballot Box: Contextualising the Rise and Evolution of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Units

    The full report can be accessed here. Read on for the Executive Summary. Following the Iraqi elections on 12 May…

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  • Mar092018

    Challenging Hate: Counter-speech Practices in Europe

    The full report can be accessed here. Read on for the Executive Summary. CONTEXT In recent years, there has been an…

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  • Dec072017

    Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalisation that Lead to Terrorism: Ideas, Recommendations, and Good Practices from the OSCE Region

    The full report can be accessed here. Read on for the Executive Summary. There is practically no country in the OSCE…

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  • Aug082017

    War of Shadows: How Turkey’s Conflict with the PKK Shapes the Syrian Civil War and Iraqi Kurdistan

    By John Holland-McCowan The full report can be accessed here Key Findings • With Syria and Iraq in flames, Turkey’s…

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  • Feb172017

    Caliphate in Decline: An Estimate of Islamic State’s Financial Fortunes

    The full report can be accessed here. Key Findings • Islamic State’s most significant sources of revenue are closely tied to…

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  • Feb132017

    Media Jihad: The Islamic State’s Doctrine for Information Warfare

    By Charlie Winter To read the full report, click here Context Weeks after its capture of Mosul in 2014, the Islamic…

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  • Oct112016

    Criminal Pasts, Terrorist Futures: European Jihadists and the New Crime-Terror Nexus

    The full report is available here  The presence of former criminals in terrorist groups is neither new nor unprecedented. But with…

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  • Apr212016

    Pain, Confusion, Anger, and Shame: The Stories of Islamic State Families

    Executive Summary  To read the paper in full, please click here. • For every jihadist that has traveled to Syria, Libya,…

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  • Oct122015

    Victims, Perpetrators, Assets: The Narratives of Islamic State Defectors

    Victims, Perpetrators, Assets: The Narratives of Islamic State Defectors The full report can be downloaded HERE. Much has been written about…

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  • Jun022015

    ‘Till Martyrdom Do Us Part’ Gender and the ISIS Phenomenon

    ‘Till Martyrdom Do Us Part’ Gender and the ISIS Phenomenon explores the phenomenon of Western females travelling to Syria and…

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  • Dec102014

    ICSR and BBC Publish Global Survey of Jihadist Violence

    The full report is available here. The product of a unique and powerful collaboration, ICSR and the BBC have just…

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  • Apr222014

    #Greenbirds: Measuring Importance and Influence in Syrian Foreign Fighter Networks

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  • Jun192013

    Talking to the Taliban: Hope over History?

    A new report by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) and the New America Foundation provides a…

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  • Mar282013

    Who Matters Online: Measuring influence, Evaluating Content and Countering Violent Extremism in Online Social Networks

    Through the analysis of thousands of Twitter accounts following prominent white nationalists and anarchists, ICSR’s latest report —Who Matters Online:…

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  • Mar142013

    A Neo-Nationalist Network: The English Defence League and Europe’s Counter-Jihad Movement

    The English Defence League (EDL) and its European allies are building a pan-European far-right network. This is one of the…

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  • Dec122012

    Countering Radicalization in Europe

    Based on extensive fieldwork in Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway, ICSR’s latest report – Countering Radicalization in Europe –…

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  • Nov212012

    Lights, Camera, Jihad: al-Shabaab’s Western Media Strategy

    In recent years, dozens of young Muslims from Britain, Europe and North America have gone to Somalia to fight with…

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  • Sep112011

    As American As Apple Pie: How Anwar al-Awlaki Became the Face of Western Jihad

    ICSR is pleased to announce the release of its newest report, As American As Apple Pie: How Anwar al-Awlaki Became the…

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  • Nov122010

    Return of the Militants: Violent Dissident Republicanism

    The danger posed by groups such as the Real IRA and Continuity IRA is now at its greatest level in…

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  • Aug192010

    Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in 15 Countries

    At the Peace and Security Summit in New York, ICSR launched its latest report, ‘Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalisation and De-radicalisation…

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  • Mar092010

    The Challenge of Online Radicalisation: A Strategy for Action

    Political extremists and terrorists are increasingly using the internet as an instrument for radicalisation and recruitment. What can be done…

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  • Oct012008

    Recruitment and Mobilisation for the Islamist Militant Movement in Europe

    In late 2006, the European Commission charged one of ICSR’s partners, King’s College London, with conducting an in-depth study of…

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