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Analysis: We Hate the EDL More Than We Love Life?
9 May 2013 by Raffaello Pantucci
Last week, Islamist extremists were found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack on a rally of the English Defence League. The case shows how extremists from both sides are turning to violent means. It also shows how Jihadists in the United Kingdom are focusing on domestic targets.
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Last week, Islamist extremists were found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack on a rally of the English Defence League. The case shows how extremists from both sides are turning to violent means. It also shows how Jihadists in the United Kingdom are focusing on domestic targets.
Terrorism Tackling Extremism UK Europe
RUSI Journal: Mali: West Africa's Afghanistan
1 Mar 2013 Recent events in Mali and France's subsequent intervention raise questions about the roots of the conflict in a state that used to be considered an example of good governance in West Africa
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Analysis: The Birmingham Terrorist Plotters: Lessons for Counter-Terrorism Today
22 Feb 2013 by Raffaello PantucciThe convictions of three Birmingham residents of a terrorist plot reveal classic linkages between homegrown bombers and Pakistan. The supply side of the terrorist threat in the UK continues to prove a problem.
Terrorism Tackling Extremism Securing Britain Al-Qa'ida UK Europe
Analysis: Responses to Sahel Terrorism: Music to Jihadist Ears
22 Jan 2013 by Professor Michael ClarkeThe attacks on Algerian gas installations and the Mali insurgency has led the UK Prime Minister to describe this as a 'generational struggle'. However, what is happening across the Sahel region is a different terrorist challenge altogether, requiring a reappraisal in strategy.
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Analysis: Does Decapitating Terrorist Leaderships Work?
7 Jan 2013 In the last two-years, international counter-terrorism strategies have focused on decapitating terrorist leaderships. But the threat and the ideology remains. In the coming year it is important to address the psychological motivations for conducting terrorist acts.
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RUSI Journal: Review Essay: Countering Terrorism is Not Enough
11 Dec 2012 Julian Lewis MP reviews Fighting the Ideological War: Winning Strategies from Communism to Islamism (edited by Katharine C Gorka and Patrick Sookhdeo)
Terrorism Tackling Extremism International Responses Al-Qa'ida The War on Terror The decade after 9/11
Analysis: Crisis in Mali: Is Military Intervention Really Inevitable?
15 Nov 2012 by Valentina SoriaWith the northern part of Mali now under militant hands, regional countries are being left with no option but to provide a credible threat to intervene militarily. But will neighbouring states be able to sustain their intervention?
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Analysis: The US and the Arab World: The Failures of Engagement
18 Sep 2012 by Dr Jonathan EyalThe recent protests in the Middle East may have been sparked by the anti-Islamic film produced in the US, but Middle Eastern opinion has been shaped to a much larger degree by US foreign policy rather than its cinematography.
Tackling Extremism Terrorism Middle East and North Africa Egypt The Gulf Region Middle East Peace
Analysis: Mohammed Merah - Lone Wolf or Al-Qa'ida Operative?
23 Mar 2012 He bore the hallmarks of a trained and motivated operative, but it is unclear whether the Toulouse self-confessed terrorist, Mohammed Merah. was an Al-Qa'ida foot soldier. What is apparent is that that he was motivated by both the street-cool allure of extremism, and the grievances that are common to many young radicalised Muslims in the West.
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Analysis: ANALYSIS PODCAST: Counter-Terrorism in an Olympic Year
12 Feb 2012 by Elizabeth Pearson, Valentina SoriaSecurity for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will include the deployment of more than thirteen thousand military personnel joining police and private security teams. The Government revised the Games' security budget up from £282m to £553m in December last year. So what is the terror threat likely to look like? And will the operation be a hindrance to long-term UK counter-terrorism?
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