“Shooting in the right direction”: Anti-ISIS Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq
This report represents the first publication in ISD’s new “Horizons” series, launched to examine emerging trends related to violent extremism or CVE.
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The Impact of Counter-Narratives
This report presents the development, deployment, and evaluation of three counter- narrative campaigns. It provides fresh evidence that social media campaigns can help spark de-radicalisation.
The Counter-narrative Handbook
This handbook was created to help anyone looking to proactively respond to extremist propaganda with counter-narrative campaigns, and is intended as a beginner’s guide for those with little or no previous experience of counter-narrative campaigning.
Lone Actor Terrorism: Analysis Paper
A systematic analysis of lone-actor terrorists reveals considerable variation in terms of individual characteristics, methodologies, motivations and indicators of violent intent.
Lone Actor Terrorism: Policy Paper 4: – ‘Leakage’ and Interaction with Authorities
This fourth policy paper of the Countering Lone-Actor Terrorism series examines how lone-actor terrorists reveal their intent to commit attacks and recommends a targeted approach based on the characteristics and motivations of the specific threat.
Lone Actor Terrorism: Policy Paper 3 – Motivations, Political Engagement and Online Activity
This research brought to light the significant threat posed by right-wing lone-actor terrorism, as well as the need to continue infiltration and monitoring of violent extremist groups. The paper also recommends that social media companies continue to improve user-based reporting systems to expedite responses in potential cases of lone-actor terrorism.
Lone Actor Terrorism: Policy Paper 2 – Attack Methodology and Logistics
This second policy paper of the Countering Lone-Actor Terrorism series examines the key variables relating to attack methodology and logistics, and suggests policy recommendations based on the analysis.
Lone Actor Terrorism: Policy Paper 1 – Personal Characteristics of Lone-Actor Terrorists
This policy paper emphasises the importance of focusing on different subgroups and of benchmarking in order to accurately interpret results. Likewise, they underline the necessity of lowering barriers to mental health services, as well as multi-agency cooperation.
Lone Actor Terrorism: Database Workshop Paper
This paper examines the second workshop of the CLAT Consortium, which discussed the development of the project database (based on the definition of lone-actor terrorism agreed at the first workshop) and some of the underlying principles that would inform data collection and retention.
Lone Actor Terrorism: Definitional Workshop Paper
The first step in assessing the nature and scale of the threat posed by lone-actor terrorism in Europe is the establishment of a working definition of the term.