Extremism and Violent Extremism in Serbia. 21st-Century Manifestations of an Historical Challenge

Women against Violent Extremism

Women have continued to experience the worst consequences of all types of conflicts. It is in no doubt going by results from numerous past research efforts. For Example the case of the Kenya woman is no different and stark reality of the circumstances has brought into sharp focus in the PEV 2007/2008 triggered where 1300 people lost their lives, thousands injured, more than 500,000 displaced an...

Psychology out of the laboratory: the challenge of violent extremism.

The idea that people inevitably act in accordance with their self-interest on the basis of a calculation of costs and benefits does not constitute an adequate framework for understanding political acts of violence and self-sacrifice. Recent research suggests that a better understanding is needed of how sacred values and notions of self and group identity lead people to act in terms of principle...

Risk Assessment Decisions for Violent Political Extremism

The Government’s ‘Preventing Violent Extremism’ Agenda

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Improving Understanding of the Roots and Trajectories of Violent Extremism

The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, together with the National Center for Scientific Research of France (CNRS) and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), convened a workshop in Paris on June 2021, 2017, to consider the roots and trajectories of violent extremism. The goal was to identify common interests and priorities that could provide the basis for sustained c...