First results PEMP project published! The first results of the “Policing European Metropolises project” (PEMP) that Elke Devroe launched in April 2013 are now published. Elke Devroe • 29-06-2015
All You Can Read In the average, a new book on terrorism is published every two hours and since it takes at least two hours to read one volume, one can go on reading new books forever. Many of these books are not worth reading - but which ones are? Alex Schmid • 26-06-2015
Meeting at NATO’s COE-DAT on Foreign Fighters: push and pull factors NATO's Centre for Excellence on Defence against Terrorism in Ankara organised an expert meeting on foreign fighters in June 2015 called "Homegrown Terrorism: causes and dimensions". What were the main conclusions? Edwin Bakker • 25-06-2015
Re-entry of High Profile Offenders One of the main shortcomings in studies on ‘high profile offenders’ is their relatively sample size. One way to overcome this limitation is to study other groups that may be faced with similar experiences. Marieke Liem • 22-06-2015
Extremist Rhetoric and Social Media: The Virtual Battlefield ISIS, Al Qaeda, and other Islamist groups produce a huge amount of poetic verse on social media yet it is perhaps one of the most misrepresented clues to understanding their psyche... John Sabou • 19-06-2015
Why the military will not defeat the Islamic State If we solely pursue military objectives and do not consider different, and sometimes conflicting or difficult opinions – we will fail in the fight against the Islamic State. Eva Entenmann • 15-06-2015
