This publication is a compilation of four different essays that focus on radicalization in Libya. The essays assess the current on-the-ground situation. They identify and analyze patterns and trends as well as specific local and regional developments.

This report is the result of the author’s work on a variety of endeavors with CEP, namely a 2020-21 research project on radical foreign fighters in Ukraine and a project on the transnational connectivity of the Western extreme right.

This GLOBSEC report is the final product of the project “Mapping of Violent Right-Wing Extremist Groups in Central and Eastern Europe” supported by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP).

Since the fall of ISIS’s caliphate, hundreds of European FTFs and their families remain incarcerated in overcrowded, insecure and unsanitary prisons and camps in Syria and Iraq. Nonetheless, there is a broad European resistance to the idea of bringing ‘dangerous traitors’ home.

Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the movement claimed it would take on a more moderate and inclusive approach in their ruling of the country. However, the Taliban announced appointments within their caretaker government that resembled the regime of the 1990s.

In August 2018, CEP reviewed a total of 649 YouTube videos for extremist and counter-narrative content. The result highlights the extent of the enduring problem of terrorist content on YouTube.

Decades of humanitarian crisis in Somalia have led to an equally entrenched system of diverting humanitarian aid to malign actors. This report focuses on ways in which UN/INGOs must act transparently, responsibly, and effectively in Somalia.

This report summarizes a CEP webinar supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Moreover, it provides detailed CEP policy recommendations regarding the issue set.

Author: Alexander Ritzmann