Breaking News: Responding to the Iran-Belgium prisoner swap treaty
On Tuesday, Belgium’s parliament debated whether to ratify a Treaty with Iran that could allow an Iranian convicted of terrorism in Belgium to be sent back to Iran. The Treaty, however, is highly con...
14 Juli 202212min
Global Terrorism Index 2022
The Global Terrorism Index recently released its ninth edition, clearly indicating two key developments - deaths from terrorism have continued to fall since their peak in 2015, and terrorism has becom...
26 Maj 202245min
The changing landscape of the online terrorist threat
Digital advancement and new technologies have transformed the dynamics of propaganda dissemination, recruitment and radicalisation. This is resulting in easier accessibility of violent extremist and t...
12 Maj 202234min
Foreign Fighters and the War in Ukraine
History has proven that foreign fighters, including mercenaries and volunteers, get easily drawn to civil war and insurgencies between states where they seek to support several different ideologies an...
28 Apr 202247min
The Ukraine war, France's EU Council Presidency and Europe’s security relationship
Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine has brought an unexpected twist to France's Presidential election and its coordinating role as the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU. Although President...
13 Apr 202249min
Preventing extremism through integrating young displaced people
Why are displaced young people at such high risk of radicalisation? What can we do to work with them, and other institutions, to ensure their full integration into society? And what are the impacts if...
16 Mars 202240min
Preventing radicalization in the UK
Recent years have seen a considerable increase in people radicalizing online. This is both true for extreme right-wing extremist and religious extremist groups. In response to this proliferation, soci...
3 Feb 202252min
Afghanistan from an EU perspective
At the end of August, amidst the US military’s withdrawal from the country, the Taliban swept to victory in Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of foreigners and Afghans have been flown out of the country,...
18 Nov 202134min
