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  • West Africa’s Terrorism Challenge: Status of ISWAP and ISGS in West Africa and Sahel

    This paper explores the origins of the two most prominent Islamic State-affiliated extremist groups in the Sahel, ISWAP and ISGS, as well as their implementation of Islamic laws and exploitation of local communities.
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  • Violence Against Perceived Blasphemers in the West: From Khomeini’s Fatwa to the Present

    The report examines a strand of Islamist violence motivated by perceived acts of blasphemy, its evolution, and the paradoxical responses to both perceived insults and violent responses.
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  • Extremism in Erdoğan’s AKP

    This report explores extremist trends and thinking within the AKP and their impact on freedom and democracy in Turkey.
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  • Civilian Counterterrorism Forces and the Fight Against Extremism

    Protracted insurgencies and the growing terrorist threat throughout Nigeria, Somalia, and Burkina Faso have transformed on-the-ground responses to violent extremism in the region. These governments have altered their responses to violent extremists and terrorism, integrating civilian-led, community-based security strategies into their national counterterrorism programs.
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  • Security Risks Emanating From Afghanistan

    The Taliban takeover in August 2021 has had destabilising repercussions beyond the borders of Afghanistan, altering regional dynamics and impacting the Taliban’s own external relationships with bordering countries.
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  • Unsolved Murders in Syria’s Badia: Truffle Hunters in the Crosshairs and ISIS at Large

    This report is part of a multi-year study of ISIS’s ongoing insurgency in central Syria, including an analysis of attacks against civilians, who have been regularly targeted in the Badia.
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  • A Year Of Foreign Fighting For Ukraine: Catching Fish With Bare Hands?

    The report challenges misconceptions about the size and composition of foreign fighters to Ukraine, estimating that perhaps 2,000 foreign fighters have fought in the country—far less than the figure of 20,000—and that only small group of far-right individuals are amongst the foreign fighters active in Ukraine.
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  • The Polish Independence March as a Contact Hub and Model for European Extremism

    This report analyzes and describes the Polish Independence March as an ideological “apparatus” and meeting hub for European neo-fascist, nationalist, nationalist-revolutionary, and neo-Nazi activists and supporters.
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  • Prosecution of Returnees from Syria and Iraq in France

    This policy paper presents insights regarding the prosecution of returnees in France, more specifically individuals who left France to travel to join ISIS in Syria and Iraq and returned.
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  • The Transnational Nexus of Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, and Organized Crime

    This study seeks to foster a better understanding of the transnational nexus between right-wing extremism/terrorism and organized crime and to encourage cooperation between relevant government agencies and civil society organizations.
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  • Armed Opposition Groups in Northwest Syria

    This report examines the current status of anti-Syrian regime opposition factions operating in northwest Syria, the last region controlled by the armed opposition.
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  • The Central Syria ISIS Insurgency in 2022

    ISIS activity in central Syria fluctuated significantly throughout 2022. The year began with a series of moderately high tempo months, reached a historic low in July, and culminated in a renewed steady increase in activity over the last four months of the year.
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