The evolving and contested relationship between migration, terrorism, and violent extremism animates electorates, governments, and international organizations. For many governments and communities, this requires a careful balance between the preservation of security and an effective humanitarian response.
Tag: extremism
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In recent months, Boko Haram has attacked rural military bases and convoys in the northeastern part of Nigeria and in surrounding countries, acquiring weapons in the process. Since spring 2015, when regional militaries chased most of its members back underground, the sect had been focused on survival and terrorism. While the group is far from their high point of 2014-2015, when they controlled a territory estimated at 20,000 square miles, these raids show a new strategic acumen.
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The creation of a first-ever UN Office of Counter-Terrorism and the appointment of the first full-time, under-secretary-general-level UN counterterrorism official—Russia’s Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov—should go a long way to enhance collaboration and cooperation among the dozens of UN entities working to counterterrorism and preventing violent extremism.
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Even compared with other contemporary violent Islamist groups, ISIS is particularly gender-conservative.
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The first lesson of the Canadian model is that the government has an important role to play in supporting academic and policy research.
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The struggle to secure the country’s future will not be confined to Mosul.
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Considering that creating divisions between Muslim and non-Muslim Europeans is a key aim of violent Islamists such as the Islamic State, it seems imperative to focus on strengthening voices calling for unity rather than further fueling division.
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The reasons for recent developments are many and rightly concern not only local actors but the former colonial power in the region, France.
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Understanding the enduring appeal of al-Shabaab—and the failure of state authorities to counter, or even prevent their activities from aiding it—will be key to forming a new security pact for Somalia.
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The responsibilities for the new under-secretary-general should reflect more balance and emphasis across all four pillars of the UN’s 2006 Global Strategy and be mindful of the strategic message that they send.
