Terrorism and extremism
Articles on confronting terrorism and extremist ideology: terrorist organisations, their financing and rhetoric, and how states counter them.
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Extremism
The Increased Danger of Terrorism
All the evidence, especially as witnessed in several countries in recent times, whether in Egypt or Jordan or Turkey or…
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Iranian Delirium
In a recent Iranian official ‘absurdity’, Brigadier General Hossein Salami, deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that his country…
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Daesh ‘Employs’ Educated People not Poor Ones
The French newspaper Le Figaro recently published the results of a study released by the World Bank entitled Economy and…
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Sociopolitical Stability and Gun Violence
First of all, I would like to strongly close the door to any attempts of quoting out of context…
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Renewing the Religious Discourse?
Over the last years, the talk about the ‘renewing of religious discourse’ – or tajdid in Arabic – overshadowed other…
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From Al Qaeda to Daesh
The operations and the mental image of terrorist organizations have changed currently in comparison with the 1990’s and early 2000’s.…
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The Dangerous Turn in the Strategy of Daesh
The strategy of Daesh has shifted recently. Not long ago, the organization claimed responsibility for a machete attack in Charleroi,…
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Terror Attacks and Image Wars
There is controversy in France over the publication of photographs of terrorist attacks. The controversy has raged over the last…
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Daesh and the Recent Terrorist Crimes
It is a must for any observer of what is happening globally to feel concerned by what is happening in…
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“Daesh” Strategies and Ours (2 of 2)
In my last article I dealt with the issue of psychological studies as a pivotal fulcrum in dealing with the…
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