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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