Radicalization papers

Perspectives of Estonian youth on the risk of political violence and its prevention in Estonia This article addresses the absence of youth voices in Estonian P/CVE (preventing and countering violent extremism) research by examining how Estonian young adults perceive the risks of political vi...

“Perspectives of Estonian Youth on the Risk of Political Violence and its Prevention in Estonia” in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Understanding the Transition from Peaceful to Extreme and Violent Environmental Protests: A Perspective Environmental protests have become very common in recent years. Historically, most environmental protests have been peaceful, but in recent years, some of the protests have turned violent. This pap...

“Understanding the Transition from Peaceful to Extreme and Violent Environmental Protests: A Perspective” in Peace Review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Complex terrorist operations: Analytical frameworks and key drivers This article aims to enhance our understanding of complex terrorist operations by drawing on insights from the field of task complexity theory. It argues that there are considerable objective and s...

“Complex Terrorist Operations: Analytical Frameworks and Key Drivers” in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library Understanding community resilience to disasters is fundamentally important in a world characterized by increasing political and environmental instability. The Social Identity Model of Collective Resi...

“Manchester Stands United: Place-Based Identity Facilitates Resilience in the Aftermath of a Mass Emergency” in British Journal of Social Psychology bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Frontiers | Exposure to indirect terrorism and support for violence: evidence from an Israeli-Palestinian experiment BackgroundHow does exposure to indirect, cyber mediated terrorism reshape political aggression within democracies? While extensive research documents the pol...

“Exposure to Indirect Terrorism and Support for Violence: Evidence from an Israeli-Palestinian Experiment” in Frontiers in Political Science www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...

Europeanisation of the populist far-right – the political crisis of the EU and the emergence of a populist far-right European project This article traces contradictory developments in the Europeanisation of the populist far right. Based on state and hegemony theory, it analyses the development of a European far-right project betw...

“Europeanisation of the Populist Far-Right – The Political Crisis of the EU and the Emergence of a Populist Far-Right European Project” in European Politics and Society www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“Youth, Personality and Collective Victimhood Distinguish Support for Radical Climate Action” in Communications Psychology www.nature.com/articles/s44...

“Actively Distancing from Climate Radicals Improves Public Support for Moderate Climate Activists” in Communications Psychology www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Interculturality for interfaith dialogue in education: Student engagement and radicalisation prevention In education, interfaith dialogue is considered crucial for conflict prevention and social peacebuilding in multicultural and multi-religious societie…

“Interculturality for Interfaith Dialogue in Education: Student Engagement and Radicalisation Prevention” in International Journal of Educational Development www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Public Perceptions of Violent Extremism and the Prevention of Violent Extremism in Mauritania and Burkina Faso: What They Tell Us About the Nature of the Problem and Opportunities for Intervention During the last decade the Sahel has been the region most affected by violent extremism. While research has examined the dynamics and drivers of that violence, little attention has been given to pu...

“Public Perceptions of Violent Extremism and the Prevention of Violent Extremism in Mauritania and Burkina Faso: What They Tell Us About the Nature of the Problem and Opportunities for Intervention” in Terrorism and Political Violence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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“On Late Fascism: Derrida, Toscano and the Return of Absolute Hostility” in Theory, Culture & Society journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Interoperability: A Paradigm Shift in EU Counterterrorism? This article examines the evolution of interoperability within the European Union (EU)’s counterterrorism policy framework, arguing that recent developments represent a paradigmatic shift rather th...

“Interoperability: A Paradigm Shift in EU Counterterrorism?” in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From kingpins to terrorists: Trump II, cartels as FTOs, and the weaponization of covert action When Donald Trump returned to office, he revived an expanded repertoire of covert and counterterrorism authorities loosened during his first term. The rendition of Nicolás Maduro by the U.S. milita...

“From Kingpins to Terrorists: Trump II, Cartels as FTOs, and the Weaponization of Covert Action” in Small Wars & Insurgencies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Peace and extremism in Anbar: the struggle for stability after ISIS and the roots of recurring radicalism (2003–2025) Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Province of Anbar faced waves of extremism, insecurity, and instability. This study highlight these themes through three phases: before the rise of ISIS; ...

“Peace and Extremism in Anbar: The Struggle for Stability after ISIS and the Roots of Recurring Radicalism (2003–2025)” in Small Wars & Insurgencies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Distinguishing Violent and Non-violent Criminal Extremists Based on Risk and Protective Factors This study explores whether extremists who commit violent or nonviolent crimes in pursuit of ideological goals can be differentiated based on the risk and protective factors they experience. Using ...

“Distinguishing Violent and Non-violent Criminal Extremists Based on Risk and Protective Factors” in Terrorism and Political Violence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When is a child a child, a ceasefire a ceasefire? Scholarly and personal struggles with expert language This article has two interconnected but distinct aims. The first is to examine how the lexicon of “essentially contested concepts” has expanded to include until recently uncontroversial “technical ...

“When Is a Child a Child, a Ceasefire a Ceasefire? Scholarly and Personal Struggles with Expert Language” in Critical Studies on Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reframing lone-actor terrorism: ideological embedding, symbolic violence and transnational resonance in the Hanau case On 19 February 2020, nine people with migration backgrounds were murdered in Hanau within six minutes, marking a paradigmatic case of far-right terrorism in Germany. This article reconstructs the e...

“Reframing Lone-Actor Terrorism: Ideological Embedding, Symbolic Violence and Transnational Resonance in the Hanau Case” in Critical Studies on Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Radicalisation and the jurisprudence of suspicion: law’s pre-criminal turn and the collapse of evidentiary thresholds in the UK, France and Germany Radicalisation is one of the most rhetorically saturated yet legally indeterminate concepts in contemporary counterterrorism. This article reframes it not as a behavioural process but as a jurispru...

“Radicalisation and the Jurisprudence of Suspicion: Law’s Pre-Criminal Turn and the Collapse of Evidentiary Thresholds in the UK, France and Germany” in Critical Studies on Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How Incel research looks to a former Incel Incel research is often conducted from the outside looking in. We were curious how a self-identified former Incel, who participated in the subculture since it was first created in 1997 until the mi...

“How Incel Research Looks to a Former Incel” in Critical Studies on Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Aginter Press: a transnational hub for far-right militancy and western intelligence This study explores the interconnections between the European far right, Aginter Press, and American intelligence during the Cold War (1960–1975), with a specific focus on their involvement in anti...

“Aginter Press: A Transnational Hub for Far-Right Militancy and Western Intelligence” in Critical Studies on Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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“Trump’s New America and the Question of Fascism” in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Jihadist terrorists as early adopters: a critical examination of terrorist adoption of emerging internet technologies The idea that jihadist groups are ‘early adopters’ of emerging internet technologies has shaped counterterrorism policies and public discourse. However, this assumption often relies on anecdotal ev...

“Jihadist Terrorists as Early Adopters: A Critical Examination of Terrorist Adoption of Emerging Internet Technologies” in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From democratic backsliding to political violence: evidence from Israel This study examines whether democratic backsliding increases public legitimization of, versus willingness to engage in – political violence against public officials. We draw on two nationally repre...

“From Democratic Backsliding to Political Violence: Evidence from Israel” in Democratization www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Revisiting the determinants of far-right violence The current research uses the theoretical framework of relative deprivation to identify how the majority group’s perceptions regarding its changing economic and social status are correlated with le...

“Revisiting the Determinants of Far-Right Violence” in Critical Studies on Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Countering Counterterrorism: The Impact of Citizenship Revocation on National Security Governments are increasingly turning to citizenship revocation as a counterterrorism measure. However, expelling individuals from their former country of citizenship is not always feasible. What ar...

“Countering Counterterrorism: The Impact of Citizenship Revocation on National Security” in Terrorism and Political Violence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Legitimizing the Prohibited: Interactive Framing Processes in Intra-Jihadi Violence in Syria Despite a strict prohibition on shedding Muslim blood, Jihadi groups engaged in violent conflict in Syria from January 2014. Drawing on social movement theory and collective action framing, this ar...

“Legitimizing the Prohibited: Interactive Framing Processes in Intra-Jihadi Violence in Syria” in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Virtue and Violence: The Strategic Logic Behind the Reemergence of Left-Wing Terrorism This article reassesses the resurgence of left-wing terrorism in contemporary Western societies through a strategic lens. It argues that terrorism studies, shaped by post-Cold War liberal orthodoxi...

“Virtue and Violence: The Strategic Logic Behind the Reemergence of Left-Wing Terrorism” in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Exploring Terrorism Through Neutralization Theory: A Content Analysis of Terrorist Leaders’ Speeches This study innovatively applied Sykes and Matza’s neutralization theory to the terrorist leaders’ speeches of Jaysh al-Adl, a Sunni extremist organization operating in southeastern Iran. Using cont...

“Exploring Terrorism Through Neutralization Theory: A Content Analysis of Terrorist Leaders’ Speeches” in Deviant Behavior www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The role trauma plays in radicalization into white supremacist and white nationalist extremism This study examines how unresolved trauma can contribute to radicalization within white supremacist and nationalist movements, posing a growing threat to U.S. democracy and marginalized communities...

“The Role Trauma Plays in Radicalization into White Supremacist and White Nationalist Extremism” in Social Work in Mental Health www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

(Re) Assessing the Threat from Incel Violence: A Study of Violent Incel-Related Federal Cases in America This article reassesses claims that the Incel movement constitutes a form of terrorism by examining its ideology, patterns of violence, and empirical case data. Drawing on an original dataset of US...

“(Re) Assessing the Threat from Incel Violence: A Study of Violent Incel-Related Federal Cases in America” in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....