radicalization

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What can former right-wing extremists tell us about radicalization and counter-radicalization?

In the past five years, it has become increasingly common for practitioners and policymakers to draw from the insights of former right-wing extremists (RWEs) to generate knowledge on – and…

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5 min

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Did a French Far-Right Thinker Predict 2020?

The year 2020 has thrown the world into disarray, with a severe pandemic creating many unforeseen challenges. The COVID-19 plague has so far infected nearly 30 million people worldwide, with…

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5 min

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The Risks of Online Radicalization in the COVID-19 Era

Within the span of a few weeks, the social and academic lives of over 91% of the world’s youth have been completely upended, as 1.5 billion students’ schools have closed, leading…

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6 min

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“A past still present?”: Lokomotive Leipzig and its fan scene

“Police confirms: Mallorca thugs are Leipzig hooligans“: This headline – caused by two henchmen of the extreme right hooligan scene of the Leipzig-based club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (Lok Leipzig)…

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5 Ways Policymakers Should Combat The Radical Right In 2020

With radical right extremism on the rise globally, here are 5 ways that we should think about combating it based on policy lessons from the United Kingdom. In a year…

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4 min

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Toxic Masculinity and Lone Wolf Radicalization

Toxic masculinity and masculine insecurity are easy targets for promoters of self-radicalization, leading more young men towards violence. Of the one hundred and thirty-three incidents of far-right terror carried out…

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U.S. Domestic Terrorism: What Is To Be Done?

Last month’s massacre of 22 people in a Texas Walmart by a man who wanted to resist “a Hispanic invasion” is only the latest horror story as the radical right…

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6 min

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Far-Right Terrorism Is Now Britain’s Fastest Growing Problem

Since 2017, one-third of terror plots with an aim to kill were linked to far-right ideologies. In September, the highest-ranking counterterrorism officer in Britain, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu,…

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5 min

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What It’s Like To Lead Counter-Extremism Efforts In The UK

A counter-extremism coordinator in the UK highlights how those who are working to counter extremism are becoming targets themselves. In 2008 it all seemed so simple. My job as Prevent…

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8 min

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Radical-Right Radicalization, From the Domestic to the Global

Radical-right radicalization appears to be focused on global and increasingly existential scenarios rather than on domestic or national issues. Radical-right radicalization has quickly moved from being a fringe domestic phenomenon…

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What can former right-wing extremists tell us about radicalization and counter-radicalization?

Did a French Far-Right Thinker Predict 2020?

“A past still present?”: Lokomotive Leipzig and its fan scene

5 Ways Policymakers Should Combat The Radical Right In 2020

Toxic Masculinity and Lone Wolf Radicalization

U.S. Domestic Terrorism: What Is To Be Done?

Far-Right Terrorism Is Now Britain’s Fastest Growing Problem

What It’s Like To Lead Counter-Extremism Efforts In The UK

Radical-Right Radicalization, From the Domestic to the Global

White melancholy in Sweden: a fertile ground for the rise of the radical right?

The Death Of White Supremacist Tom Metzger Marks The End Of An Era

Trump’s Exploitation Of Christianity And Assault On Women’s Rights

Portfolio Distributions of Radical-Right Cabinet Ministers

Is Germany’s AfD using COVID-19 measures to its benefit?