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The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) is an independent knowledge centre that focuses on the preventative and international legal aspects of CT. 🔗: icct.nl 📍: The Hague
How are pro-#ISIS groups in #Indonesia seeking to rebuild hierarchy amid fragmentation and pressure?
This ICCT Analysis explores efforts to centralise command despite leadership losses and growing #CounterTerrorism challenges.
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📢 Our ICCT September Newsletter is out!
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How is Russia using organised crime as part of its hybrid warfare strategy?
This ICCT–@globsec.bsky.social Report shows how Moscow exploits organised crime—smuggling, cyber-fraud, criminal proxies—for deniability, flexibility & influence below open war.
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What kind of insights can Malaysia's Bangladeshi Militant Group case offer counter-terrorism practitioners?
This Analysis by Munira Mustaffa shows how amateur networks, intelligence blind spots, & inadequate institutional responses shaped the threat.
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How can CT & P/CVE endure in an era of shrinking budgets?
In this ICCT Policy Brief, @bibivanginkel.bsky.social highlights how austerity erodes focus on root causes & human-rights-based approaches, while offering strategies to sustain resilience.
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📢 Our ICCT August Newsletter is out!
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In the article, van Ginkel discusses the growing issues that plague the global #counterterrorism sector, & the consequences the present reality will have for the future.
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How do you counter disinformation that attacks identity and divides communities?
This new ICCT Analysis introduces Positive Identity Expansion—a strategy offering inclusive, pro-social alternatives to identity-based disinformation.
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How are #authoritarian regimes silencing critics across borders under the guise of security?
This ICCT Policy Brief by Niki Ssiampakou uncovers #TransnationalRepression tactics, from digital espionage to violence, and calls for coordinated action to defend #humanrights.
The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (#FTF) Knowledge Hub has just been updated!
This open-access online resource, developed in collaboration with @tmcasser.bsky.social, now incorporates the most recent data on the responses of 36 states to #ForeignTerroristFighters.
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What lessons can post-ISIS #Iraq offer for managing humanitarian camps in post-war #Gaza?
In this new ICCT Analysis, Yousuf Syed Khan examines the potential governance, security & repatriation challenges faced by post-war Gaza.
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How do vulnerabilities in Nigeria’s Almajiri system allow for the proliferation of youth radicalisation?
This ICCT Policy Brief illustrates the potential influences that can transform vulnerable youth populations into recruitment pools for terrorists
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What are the implications of designating Germany's #AfD as a "proven #FarRight #extremist entity"?
In this new analysis, Julian Lanchès traces AfD's ideological shift, growing influence, & significance of its classification as a threat to democratic order.
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What drives the criminalisation of terrorism in #Indonesia & #Malaysia?
In this new Policy Brief, Mukhriz Mat Rus explores the factors that impact the development of (over-)criminalisation, underscores good practices & proposes just & effective reforms.
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How does France support victims of terrorism?
This Policy Paper explores its unique reparation model—combining financial, judicial & symbolic measures—and highlights gaps that risk re-victimisation.
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What drives the designation of proxy actors like the Wagner Group as terrorist groups?
In this new ICCT report, Tanya Mehra and Méryl Demuynck explore the legal justifications, risks, and wider implications of designating proxy actors.
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How is the Islamic State evolving in 2025, and why is the global response weakening? 🌍
In this new ICCT analysis, Adrian Shtuni examines Islamic State’s adaptability: resilient affiliates, online youth radicalisation, and use of emerging tech.
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🔍 How does doxing become a tool of pro-Kremlin influence?
Join to ICCT’s Kacper Rekawek & fellow experts from FRONTSTORY.PL VSquare Project unpack how doxing networks and tactics are used to attack activists and others across Europe.
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What is the connection between #migration and #terrorism, and what assumptions do we need to challenge?
This new ICCT report reviews the literature and analyses 3 case studies to assess and uncover the nuanced ways in which migration and terrorism intersect.
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New Evaluation Out Now!
How can parenting support build resilience against radicalisation among children? Find out what works and how Trias Pedagogica’s intervention became a leading example in the field of radicalisation prevention.
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Following the April 22 attack, India launched #OperationSindoor, escalating violence w/ #Pakistan.
In this analysis, @tanyamehra.bsky.social sheds light on the alleged perpetrators, both countries’ responses & the counter-terrorism measures that could be taken.
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The recording of our webinar “Ticket to Bandera: Russian Extremist Disinformation Operations in Europe” is now available. Experts explored how Russian #disinformation and #extremist narratives influence policy and perceptions across #Europe.
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Jewish communities across Europe face rising #antisemitic threats from both #jihadist & #farright actors.
In our latest #podcast, Kacper Rekawek and Ophir Revach from SACC by EJC discuss how security efforts are essential to community #resilience.
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How do fears of #AI, automation & surveillance fuel a new wave of #extremism?
In this analysis, @maurolubrano.bsky.social explores the rise of #antitechnology extremism, which sees modern tech as an existential threat & advocate for its violent eradication.
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How is #Russia using #extremist narratives in the #EU to spread #misinformation?
This new ICCT webinar explores Russian #FIMI tactics, including extremist doxing, sabotage threats & election interference.
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FRONTSTORY.PL & EMIF
How does The #TurnerDiaries continue to inspire #accelerationism and #farright violence?
In this article, Bruce Hoffman and Jacob. A. Ware examine the book’s lasting influence on #extremist ideology and the need for strategies to counter them.
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How are #SovereignCitizen groups in the #Netherlands arming themselves & why does it matter?
In this analysis, Menso Hartgers explores the growing threat these groups pose, their #ideologies, and implications for public safety & policy.
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Following the April 22 attack, India launched #OperationSindoor, escalating violence w/ #Pakistan.
In this analysis, @tanyamehra.bsky.social sheds light on the alleged perpetrators, both countries’ responses & the counter-terrorism measures that could be taken.
Read more here ➡️ buff.ly/SgNwkCc
How is #Russia using #extremist narratives in the #EU to spread #misinformation?
This new ICCT webinar explores Russian #FIMI tactics, including extremist doxing, sabotage threats & election interference.
📅 Register here: buff.ly/wKSi0cs
FRONTSTORY.PL & EMIF
What drives people to join violent #extremist groups?
In this report, Barbara Molas analysed mobilisation through a #gender lens, revealing how roles, narratives & power dynamics differ for men & women. A must-read for P/CVE policy.
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