ICSR TeamMartyrdom in Lebanon: An evolution of memory-making
Read moreBy Bronte Philips In a speech given on Hezbollah’s 11 November Martyrs’ Day in 2021, the group’s Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah,…
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Q&A with Dr Fiona McEwen – XCEPT research
Read moreDr Fiona McEwen is the Survey and Interventions Director of the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme…
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Financing Violent Extremism: An Examination of Maligned Creativity in the Use of Financial Technologies
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. Please read on for the Executive Summary. This workbook teaches researchers, analysts…
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Can uncertainty make us violent? The role of uncertainty in encouraging violent and extremist ideologies
Read moreBy Federica Calissano Credit: Shutterstock/zimmytws. Uncertainty is a condition that all individuals experience, and it is something that we all, to…
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Translation in conflict: An instrument of power or a place of neutrality?
Read moreBy Mohamad El Kari Credit: Shutterstock/igor kisselev. Within the realm of conflict zones, translators play a complex role in representing, and…
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Forgotten refugees – the experiences of Syrian military defectors in Turkey
Read moreBy Alison Brettle Photo: January 2023: Syrian refugee tents near the Syrian-Turkish border. Credit: Shutterstock/Mohammad Bash. In the 12 months…
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ICSR Event – Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism is Built Into Our World and How You Can Change It (Book Launch), April 11th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Tuesday April 11th, 5pm BST ICSR invites you to attend a book launch for Dr Dave Rich’s…
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ICSR Event – Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed (Book Launch), March 30th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Thursday March 30th, 5.30pm BST ICSR invites you to attend a book launch for Lizzie Dearden’s new…
ICSR TeamXCEPT Event – Reimagining Mosul: The Role of Competing Memory Narratives in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, February 20th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London & Online When: Monday February 20th, 5pm GMT Dr Craig Larkin and Dr Inna Rudolf explore…
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ICSR, GNET & HET Event – Marking Holocaust Memorial Day, February 8th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Wednesday February 8th, 4pm GMT Join ICSR, GNET and the Holocaust Educational Trust to mark Holocaust…
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Controversies and Challenges of Peacebuilding in Nineveh: Revisiting Post-IS Reconciliation in Iraq
Read moreThe full Briefing Note can be accessed here. Please read on for the Key Findings. The lack of long-term engagement…
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The legacy of trauma: Can trauma be transmitted across generations?
Read moreBy Pauline Zerla Photo: Belfast, 2018: a women writes on the wall of peace commemorating the violence that happened in…
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Gun-toting grannies and cattle raiders: why understanding civilian-combatant identities can help conflict recovery
Read moreBy Alison Brettle Photo: Man from Mundari Tribe, South Sudan. Credit: klublu/Shutterstock. What might Ukraine’s gun-toting grannies have in common…
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What’s next for children in IS-affiliated families from Iraq?
Read moreBy Joana Cook *In November 2022, the newly formed government of Iraq suspended repatriations of Iraqi nationals from al-Hol camp.…
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Storytelling, Memory and Momentum: Iraq’s Tishreen Movement
Read moreBy Ruba Ali Al-Hassani Introduction While many observers claim that Iraq’s Tishreen protest movement has been coerced into silence,…
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The Spectre of Neuroscience in Security Studies
Read moreBy Nafees Hamid What can neuroscience tell us about violent extremism? As a cognitive scientist who was part of…
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Stories as Research: How Community Narratives Inform Conflict Research
Read moreBy Pauline Zerla Communities in the Central African Republic have experienced war for over a decade. Yet we rarely hear…
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Do No (Self) Harm: Acknowledging Researcher Vulnerability in Research Ethics
Read moreBy Gina Vale Social media has become an indispensable aspect of everyday life. Platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, Tumblr,…
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The Importance of Prisons to Terrorist Groups and Movements
Read moreBy Rajan Basra Throughout the history of terrorism, few locations have impacted the evolution of terrorist campaigns as the jail…
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The Role of Trauma and Mental Health in Violent Extremism
Read moreThe full Briefing Note can be accessed here. Please read on for the Key Findings. Traumatic experiences can be linked…
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Mass Media and Persuasion: Evidence-based Lessons for Strategic Communications in CVE
Read moreThe full Briefing Note can be accessed here. Please read on for the Key Findings. Mass media persuasion by itself…
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Prison-based Interventions Targeting Violent Extremist Detainees
Read moreThe full Review of Evidence can be accessed here. Please read on for the Summary. Background Despite the importance of…
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Sleeping with the Enemy: Sex, Sexuality and Antisemitism in the Extreme Right
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
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Bringing Loyalist and Opposition Factions Together: The Prospects for Reconciliation in New Syria
Read moreBy Rahaf Aldoughli When Syria’s Bashar al-Assad was running for re-election in 2021, scenes of patriotic regime loyalists piercing their…
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Resolving the Detainee Dilemma: What Next for the Men, Women & Children of Islamic State
Read moreResolving the Detainee Dilemma I: What Next for the Men, Women & Children of Islamic State Where: King’s College London…
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ICSR Event – The Insurgent’s Dilemma: A Struggle to Prevail (Book Launch), May 10th
Read moreWhere: King’s College London When: Tuesday May 10th, 5.30pm BST ICSR invites you to attend a book launch for David Ucko’s new…
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GNET Event – Second Annual GNET Conference, May 18th-19th
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that ICSR will be hosting the Second Annual GNET Conference, taking place online and in-person…
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Conflict Trauma and Violence: How Can We Promote Peace?
Read moreBy Ted Barker, Shiraz Maher & Craig Larkin The past two decades have seen a slew of programmatic efforts aimed…
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The Iraqi Politics of Memory and Victimhood
Read moreBy Ela Khaled and Inna Rudolf After nearly three months of backroom deal attempts and horse-trading, Iraq’s newly appointed legislators…
ICSR Team“One Struggle”: Examining Narrative Syncretism between Accelerationists and Salafi‑Jihadists
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
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GNET Report Launch – Manipulating Access to Communication Technology: Government Repression or Counterterrorism?, January 17th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Monday January 17th, 5pm GMT / 12pm EST The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) invites…
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Violent Extremist Innovation: A Cross‑Ideological Analysis
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
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“We are Generation Terror!”: Youth‑on‑youth Radicalisation in Extreme‑right Youth Groups
Read moreThe full report can be accessed here. An overview of its findings can be found here. Please read on for…
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ICSR & CST Report Launch – “We are Generation Terror!”: Youth-on-youth Radicalisation in Extreme-right Youth Groups, December 14th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Tuesday December 14th, 5pm GMT / 12pm EST With the increasing number of teenage terror convicts, this report takes…
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GNET Report Launch – A Comparative Analysis of Three Online Reactionary Meme Subcultures, December 13th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Monday December 13th, 5pm GMT / 12pm EST The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) invites you to…
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ICSR Event – ISIS and the Crime-Terror Nexus in America: A Counterpoint to Europe, December 7th
Read moreWhere: Online When: Tuesday December 7th, 5.30pm GMT / 12.30pm EST This event explores the nexus between crime and ISIS terrorism in…
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