Throughout 2019, GLOBSEC, within the scope of a new project developed in cooperation with CEP, mapped out and thematically analysed the pathways to jihadism of the 300+ individuals included in the original dataset.

This report, commissioned by the British Embassy in Berlin, aims to inform policymakers on the main financial strategies and activities employed by right-wing extremist (RWE) organizations in the U.K. and Germany and gives recommendations on how to prevent or disrupt them.

The financial structures of violent right-wing extremist organisations and actors in Germany are broad and multifaceted. Currently, there is a lack of up-to-date and in-depth analyses of the various financial strategies employed by these groups and individuals as well as their different sources of income.

Die Finanzierung gewaltorientierter rechtsextremer Organisationen und Akteur:innen in Deutschland ist divers und breit gefächert.

This policy brief provides a risk assessment of the potential threats posed by violence-oriented extremists in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war once they return to their prior countries of residence/homeland.

Under Germany’s NetzDG, online platforms face fines of up to €50 million for systemic failure to delete illegal content. The law has not provoked mass requests for takedowns. Nor has it forced internet platforms to adopt a ‘take down, ask later’ approach.

This paper considers the four main narratives consistently deployed by both “non-violent” and violent Islamist (Jihadist) movements. Accepting the religious underpinnings of Islamist and Jihadist ideology, these narratives are inherently political, as the paper will explain in detail.

There is no shortage of extremist actors and ideologues online. At a minimum, content from individuals with links to violent extremist actors should be removed from online platforms.

Interest in the nexus between crime and terror has increased in recent years. This publication presents new research intended to help solve a deep-rooted and ever-evolving problem.