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In addition to providing timely analysis of the terrorism threat and drivers behind it, this programme works with government and law enforcement agencies to increase understanding of key issues such as radicalisation and the threat from lone-actor terrorists.
RUSI's National Security and Resilience group has particular expertise in countering-violent extremism policy, and runs the Strengthening Resilience to Violent Extremism (STRIVE) in the Horn of Africa programme on behalf of the European Commission.
The UK’s Proscription of Hizbullah: All Talk and No Action?
Commentary, 12 June 2019
Tom Keatinge
The UK Home Secretary’s proscription announcement raised expectations, but those that cheered are likely to be disappointed.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Lebanon, UK, Securing Britain, Terrorism
The 2019 Swiss Security Network Exercise: More Than an Exercise
Commentary, 24 May 2019
Hans-Jürg Käser and Bernhard Wigger
The Swiss are testing their preparedness for meeting a major terrorist attack.
Tags: Modern Deterrence, International Security Studies, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Defence Management, Security Policy, International Responses, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Europe
""ISIS remains a threat within Egypt, via two main avenues: primarily within the Sinai peninsula, where a part of the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group pledged allegiance to ISIS some years ago, but also in terms of sporadic cells in the rest of the country, made up of more recent recruits and possibly returnees that fought in Syria or Iraq," "
Factbox: After 'Caliphate' Defeat, Islamic State Is Down but Not Out
In The News, 25 April 2019 Tags: Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Terrorism
"“Security players tended to think there were a few predictable places where attacks happened,” said Raffaello Pantucci, from the Royal United Services Institute, a UK think-tank. “But we now see attacks can come from sideways. The authorities will have to re-evaluate.”
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Sri Lanka attacks spark fears of Isis resurgence
In The News, 24 April 2019 Tags: International Security Studies, Terrorism, Terrorism
The Rise, Fall and Future of Jihad in the North Caucasus
RUSI Newsbrief, 4 April 2019
Aleksandre Kvakhadze
Since the beginning of armed conflict in Syria and Iraq, thousands of militants from the Caucasus region have participated in the war. However, dislodging Daesh and a collapse of the insurgency in the North Caucasus have substantially diminished the capacities of North Caucasian jihadi groups. Nevertheless, militancy in the region has potential.
Tags: Tackling Extremism, Russia, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Global Security Issues, Terrorism
""'Social media is a very big problem" in propagating and growing extremism,' says former head of counter terrorism Sir Mark Rowley. 'It has helped these kind of ideologies, conspiracy theories'"
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Sir Mark Rowley on the New Zealand mosque attacks
In The News, 15 March 2019 Tags: TerrorismPages
The UK’s Proscription of Hizbullah: All Talk and No Action?
Commentary, 12 June 2019Tom Keatinge
The UK Home Secretary’s proscription announcement raised expectations, but those that cheered are likely to be disappointed.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Lebanon, UK, Securing Britain, Terrorism
The 2019 Swiss Security Network Exercise: More Than an Exercise
Commentary, 24 May 2019Hans-Jürg Käser and Bernhard Wigger
The Swiss are testing their preparedness for meeting a major terrorist attack.
Modern Deterrence, International Security Studies, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Defence Management, Security Policy, International Responses, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Europe
Lone Actor Terrorists and Extreme Right Wing Violence
Commentary, 31 October 2018Raffaello Pantucci
Recent attacks perpetrated by extreme right wing terrorists in the US are undoubtedly linked to the upcoming mid-term elections, reflecting the reality that the country’s charged political scene may be pushing would-be terrorists into action
United States, Tackling Extremism, International Security Studies, Terrorism, UK, Lone-Actor Terrorism, Terrorism
Deradicalisation Programmes in Spanish Prisons: A Flawed Paradigm?
Commentary, 3 September 2018James Khalil
Media reports from Spain appear to indicate that the country’s counter-radicalisation efforts among prison inmates are not producing results. Spain is not unique in grappling with both the management of its counter-radicalisation efforts and measuring their outcomes.
Policing and Security, Tackling Extremism, Terrorism, Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, Terrorism, Europe
Russia is Hosting the World Cup, and the Real Terrorism Threat is Not Very High
Commentary, 15 June 2018Oved Lobel
The 2018 FIFA World Cup, which began yesterday and will go on until July in eleven cities across Russia, may present a ‘significant aspirational target’ for both local and transnational jihadist actors. However, recent assessments of the danger are founded on incorrect data regarding the threat of insurgency in the North Caucasus, the reach of the Islamic State in Russia, and the ‘returnee threat...
International Security Studies, Russia, Terrorism, National Security, TerrorismPages
President Trump's New Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia
Multimedia, 22 August 2017RUSI Senior Research Fellow Emily Winterbotham examines the new US strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia announced by President Trump on 21 August 2017.
Tags: Pakistan, US Defence Policy, Afghanistan, International Security Studies, Terrorism, Global Security Issues, Land Operations, Central and South Asia
ISIS Faces Endgame in Mosul - Karin von Hippel
Multimedia, 29 June 2017 Tags: Iraq, Terrorism, Terrorism
Manchester Attack - Initial Reaction
Multimedia, 25 May 2017RUSI experts Raffaello Pantucci and Emily Winterbotham took part in a live conversation discussing the Manchester attacks that took place in Manchester on Monday 23 May.
Tags: National Security Studies, International Security Studies, Terrorism, UK, Terrorism
Counter-Terrorism in Great Britain
Multimedia, 11 January 2017RUSI Senior Research Fellow Professor Tahir Abbas discusses the UK's counter-terrorism strategy with Swiss broadcaster SRF. Here Tahir Abbas highlights that even though the UK seems to have better...
Tags: Tackling Extremism, National Security Studies, Terrorism, Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, Terrorism
2016 Year Ahead: Global Security in 2016
Multimedia, 17 December 2015 Tags: China, International Security Studies, Terrorism, Asia, Terrorism, Pacific, Middle East and North AfricaPages
The Rise, Fall and Future of Jihad in the North Caucasus
RUSI Newsbrief, 4 April 2019Aleksandre Kvakhadze
Since the beginning of armed conflict in Syria and Iraq, thousands of militants from the Caucasus region have participated in the war. However, dislodging Daesh and a collapse of the insurgency in...
RUSI Newsbrief, Tackling Extremism, Russia, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Global Security Issues, Terrorism
Once a Terrorist, Always a Terrorist? How to Respond to the Women of Daesh
RUSI Newsbrief, 25 January 2019Katherine E Brown
The mass repatriation of women who had joined Daesh in Iraq and Syria poses difficult logistical, as well as moral, considerations for the UK. Rather than relying on gendered assumptions about their...
UK Counter-terrorism, RUSI Newsbrief, Tackling Extremism, Terrorism, UK, Domestic Security, Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, National Security
Deradicalisation and Disengagement in Somalia: Evidence from a Rehabilitation Programme for Former Members of Al-Shabaab
Whitehall Reports, 4 January 2019James Khalil, Rory Brown, Chris Chant, Peter Olowo and Nick Wood
This report examines efforts in Somalia to disengage and deradicalise former members of Al-Shabaab through the Serendi rehabilitation centre. This programme is designed to weaken the group's...
Whitehall Reports, Tackling Extremism, International Security Studies, Terrorism, STRIVE - Horn of Africa, International Responses, Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, Terrorism, Africa
A Tale of Two Terrors: The British Extreme Right Organises While Islamists Scatter
RUSI Newsbrief, 31 July 2018Raffaello Pantucci
Once again, the dividing lines that distinguish between variations of violent extremism in the UK have morphed, but addressing the similarities and differences between the extreme right and violent...
UK Counter-terrorism, RUSI Newsbrief, Tackling Extremism, International Security Studies, Terrorism, UK, Domestic Security, Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, Intelligence, National Security, Terrorism
Daesh: What Happens Next?
RUSI Newsbrief, 24 May 2017Raffaello Pantucci
As the battle for Mosul rages on and Daesh is put under increasing pressure in other parts of Iraq and Syria, how will the threat from the group evolve? Will Daesh end up following the path of Al-Qa’...
RUSI Newsbrief, International Security Studies, Terrorism, Al-Qa'ida, TerrorismPages
POSTPONED: Social Media and Terrorist Finance: Vulnerabilities and Responses
Events, 25 October 2017This event will assess what role social media platforms could or should be playing within the counter-terrorist finance (CTF) architecture in place today.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, Terrorism, The War on Terror, Security Policy, International Responses, Domestic Security, Global Security Issues, Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, Information, Intelligence, Lone-Actor Terrorism, Law and Ethics, National Security, Technology, Terrorism
BY INVITATION ONLY: Roundtable on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in East Africa
Events, 12 May 2017To coincide with the London Somalia Conference 2017, The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Center of Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (ICEPCVE) hosts a...
Horn of Africa, National Security Studies, Terrorism, Africa
Daesh After the Caliphate
Events, 19 October 2016An event exploring the fight against Daesh with Michael Weiss, author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror
Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
The Origins and Development of Salafi-Jihadism
Events, 13 June 2016Dr Shiraz Maher will explore the ideology followed by the most destructive terrorist groups of the modern age.
Tackling Extremism, National Security Studies, The decade after 9/11, International Security Studies, Terrorism, The War on Terror, Global Security Issues, Lone-Actor Terrorism, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Terrorism Starts and Finishes in Our Neighbourhoods: Commander Mak Chishty on Security, Securitisation and Community Engagement
Events, 15 April 2016Featuring a presentation from Commander Mak Chishty of the Metropolitan Police outlined the critical role of communities and community engagement in countering extremism and strengthening security at...
UK Counter-terrorism, Tackling Extremism, National Security Studies, UK Defence Policy, Terrorism, UK, Domestic Security, Risk and Resilience, Securing Britain, National Security, UK DefencePages
""ISIS remains a threat within Egypt, via two main avenues: primarily within the Sinai peninsula, where a part of the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group pledged allegiance to ISIS some years ago, but also in terms of sporadic cells in the rest of the country, made up of more recent recruits and possibly returnees that fought in Syria or Iraq,""
Factbox: After 'Caliphate' Defeat, Islamic State Is Down but Not Out
In The News, 25 April 2019 Tags: Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, Terrorism
"“Security players tended to think there were a few predictable places where attacks happened,” said Raffaello Pantucci, from the Royal United Services Institute, a UK think-tank. “But we now see attacks can come from sideways. The authorities will have to re-evaluate.” "
Sri Lanka attacks spark fears of Isis resurgence
In The News, 24 April 2019 Tags: International Security Studies, Terrorism, Terrorism
""'Social media is a very big problem" in propagating and growing extremism,' says former head of counter terrorism Sir Mark Rowley. 'It has helped these kind of ideologies, conspiracy theories'" "
Sir Mark Rowley on the New Zealand mosque attacks
In The News, 15 March 2019 Tags: Terrorism
Hong Kong: So What? Now What? In the Future What?
Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi on the Iran Nuclear Deal
WhatsApp Hack Calls into Question Government Use of Commercial Spyware