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Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, September 2020 (II)
The 25 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, second half of September. In descending order. Since mid-2017, we have filed more than 13,000…
Human Rights and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
From 29 June to 3 July 2020, the 2nd Counter-Terrorism Week was to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York. At the heart of the week: the 7th…
A comment relating to the Time article ‘Inside the Dangerous Mission to Understand What Makes Extremists Tick—and How to Change Their Minds’
Despite the shortcomings of thought pieces, media analyses and desk research are important in their own right. They can shed light on aspects previously neglected. They are often rationalist and…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, September 2020 (I)
The 25 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, first half of September. In descending order: UNODC Launches Technical Guide on Preventing Violent Extremism…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, August 2020 (II)
The 25 most-consulted posts on LinkedIn on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip (second half of August). In descending order: Youth Radicalization: Interventions and Challenges for Prevention(Paul…
To what Extent has Covid-19 Fostered Radicalism?
Many experts have expressed their view that the Corona pandemic has led to an increase in radicalization. While numbers in terrorist attacks, at least in the West, are down, hate…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, August 2020 (I)
The 25 most-consulted posts on LinkedIn on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip (first half of August). In descending order: On the Frontline: The Under-Told Story of…
Using the Full Expression Instead of the Word Incel
There is the relatively new phenomenon of so-called incels. Caution is of the order as to the use of the word, short for “involuntary celibates,” for lingistic reasons. Incil, which…
Counter-Extremism and Development
In so-called underdeveloped countries, industrialization has long been considered the main key to development. Albeit, economic development must be enshrined in an ensemble of areas. Thus, besides basic schooling, advanced…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, July 2020 (II)
The 20 most-consulted posts on LinkedIn on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip (second half of July). In descending order: Prisons and Terrorism: Extremist Offender Management in…