TSAS WP16-14: Talking to Foreign Fighters: Socio-Economic Push versus Existential Pull Factors
The research acquired primary data through interviews with foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, the families and friends of such fighters, and other online supporters of jihadism, to better understand – …
Three Theories of Religious Activism and Violence: Social Movements, Fundamentalists, and Apocalyptic Warriors
Abstract: Numerous scholars have investigated religiously motivated violence, particularly in the wake of September 11, including discussions on the role of modernity in triggering religious violence, the increasing presence of – …
Defining and Distinguishing Secular and Religious Terrorism
Abstract: Religious terrorism is typically characterised as acts of unrestrained, irrational and indiscriminant violence, thus offering few if any policy options for counterterrorism measures. This assumption about religious terrorism stems – …
All Jihad is Local: What ISIS’ Files Tell Us About Its Fighters
Jihadist Hotbeds. Understanding Local Radicalization Processes
Recent analyses reveal that the vast majority of jihadists come from or have some connections with specific areas or districts within different states. One can describe them as local/regional “hotbeds” – …
Sentiment-Based Identification of Radical Authors (SIRA)
Abstract: As violent extremists continue to surface in online discussion forums, counter-extremism agencies search for new and innovative ways of uncovering their digital indicators. Using a sample of approximately 1 – …
The edge of violence. A radical approach to extremism
Normative support for terrorism: The attitudes and beliefs of immediate relatives of Jema’ah Islamiyah members
Abstract: Families might be an important source of norms that legitimize terrorism, an assumption that has yet to be tested empirically. To investigate this, surveys were administered to 20 immediate – …
Walking away: the disengagement and de-radicalization of a violent right-wing extremist
The Right Response: Right Wing Extremism in Canada
Au-delà de la vengeance : comprendre le passage à l’acte des femmes kamikazes tchétchènes
Retweeting the Caliphate: The Role of Soft-Sympathizers in the Islamic State’s Social Media Strategy
Paradigmatic Shifts in Jihadism in Cyberspace: The Emerging Role of Unaffiliated Sympathizers in the Islamic State’s Social Media
Uneasy Alliances: A Look at the Right-Wing Extremist Movement in Canada
Education and Security: A Global Literature Report on Countering Violent Religious Extremism (CVE)
Case studies of selected al-Qa’ida members
‘Questions about Dawlah. DM me, plz.’ The Sock Puppet Problem in Online Terrorism Research
Sentiment Crawling: Extremist Content Collection through a Sentiment Analysis Guided Web-Crawler
This is Not Your Mother’s Terrorism: Social Media, Online Radicalization and the Practice of Political Jamming
Abstract: It is commonly recognized that social media presents vast new opportunities for terrorist groups seeking to radicalize audiences. However, few scholars have studied the actual mechanisms by which radicalizing – …
Neutrality Law, Anti-terrorism and Foreign Fighters: Legal Solutions to the Recruitment of Canadians to Foreign Insurgencies
Martyrologie 2.0 ou la genèse d’une fabrique numérique des martyrs jihadistes
Résumé: Centre International de Criminologie Comparée (CICC), Université de MontréalCette contribution entend explorer le rôle des martyrs et des dispositifs martyrologiques comme ressource symbolique du mouvement jihadiste transnational (MJT). S’inspirant – …
Comment le jihadisme est-il devenu numérique ? Évolutions, tendances et ripostes,
Abstract: Twitter constitue un terrain de jeu de prédilection pour le groupe État islamique (EI) : espace de médiatisation, de revendication et de mobilisation. Depuis sa matrice de naissance afghane – …
Toward a Framework Understanding of Online Programs for Countering Violent Extremism
Abstract: There is an emerging consensus that ideologically-based narratives play a central role in encouraging and sustaining radicalization to violence, and that preventing, arresting, or reversing radicalization requires some means – …
Voices of the Caucasus Emirate: Mapping and analyzing North Caucasus insurgency websites.
Abstract: This article looks at Internet use by insurgent groups in the North Caucasus in the context of a regional diffusion of violence. Using a mixed methods research design that – …
Les violences motivées par la haine. Idéologies et modes d’action des extrémistes de droite au Canada
Abstract: Bien que les violences politiques soient, depuis le début du siècle, principalement abordées sous l’angle de l’extrémisme islamiste, les crimes motivés par la haine existaient au Canada bien avant – …
Tendances violentes de la droite radicale au Canada: analyses chronologiques et facteurs d’influence
The lack of right-wing political parties at the national scale is, among other things, a reason why only a few studies have looked at the factors shaping farright violent incidents – …
A group-based recidivist sentencing premium? The role of context and cohort effects in the sentencing of terrorist offenders
Despite recent interest in terrorism little is known about the sentencing of terrorist offenders, and the impact of cohort effects on the sentencing patterns of offenders over the course of – …
Radicalism Leading to Violent Extremism in Canada: A Multi-Level Analysis of Muslim Community and University Based Student Leaders’ Perceptions and Experiences.
Recently, more than 150 Canadians have joined the Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East, causing alarm among both Canadian policy makers and the general citizenry. One of the most – …
A Pragmatic approach to the online risk assessment of violent extremists
About the Book: Advances in digital technologies have provided ample positive impacts to modern society; however, in addition to such benefits, these innovations have inadvertently created a new venue for – …
Spreading the message digitally: A look into extremist organizations’ use of the Internet
Why would a terrorist choose to utilize the Internet rather than the usual methods of assassination, hostage taking, and guerrilla warfare? Conway (2006) identified five major reasons why extremist groups – …
TSAS WP16-12: The Future of Right-Wing Terrorism in Canada
What is the range of likely scenarios for future right-wing terrorism in Canada, based on connections to radical movements in the US and Europe? Which factors or actions may mitigate – …
TSAS WP16-11: Jihad in the Jazeera: Explaining The Islamic State’s Growing Insurgent Threat in Egypt
Why did Wilayat Sinai – The Islamic State’s affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula – evolve to become an unprecedented challenge to the Egyptian state?
Youth Evaluations of CVE/PVE Programming in Kenya in Context
Despite the military efforts of the Kenyan, Ethiopian, and Somali Federal governments, the collaboration of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces with US and coalition forces, and despite – …
TSAS WP16-07: Cheering on the Jihad: An Exploration of Women’s Participation in Online Pro-jihadist Networks
This paper poses the following questions: 1. Can identifiable patterns of engagement by female posters be discerned based on content of posts? 2. Does the type of the jihadist group – …
TSAS WP16-06: Teaching CVE: a review of the Preventing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation in Australia handbook, and challenges across policy and practice
(1) What are some of the key issues and challenges that emerged following the release of the Preventing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation in Australia (PVERA) handbook? (2) What lessons that – …
TSAS WP16-05: Assessment of the state of knowledge: Connections between research on the social psychology of the Internet and violent extremism
This paper seeks to answer the question: How does social psychology contribute to our understanding of the link between the Internet and violent extremism?
Radicalization in British Columbia Secondary Schools: The Principals’ Perspective
TSAS WP16-01: Policies and Responsibilities for Governing Violent Extremism at Ontario Universities
This research looks at the governance of violent extremism on Ontario university campuses. Specifically, it explores: 1) how Ontario universities are governed; 2) how student organizations (such as clubs) and – …
Who’s a Terrorist? What’s Terrorism? Comparative Media Representations of Right Wing and Islamic Extremist Violence in Canada
Women in Zones of Conflict: Power and Resistance in Israel
Tami Amanda Jacoby investigates the constraints and opportunities for women’s civic engagements in zones of conflict through a case study of three women’s political movements in Israel: Women in Green, – …
Bridging the Barrier: Israeli Unilateral Disengagement
The construction of the barrier separating Israel from the West Bank has become the site of one of the most heated controversies the world over, the source of virulent propaganda, – …
Israel’s Relations with Egypt and Turkey during the Arab Spring
What implications do the uprisings in the Middle East in 2010–2011 hold for Israel’s foreign relations with the two most strategically prominent states in the region, Egypt and Turkey? The – …
Uneasy Alliances: A Look at the Right Wing Extremist Movement in Canada
Despite the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s recent concern with the growing threat from right-wing extremists nationwide, we have little contemporary scholarship on the far right movement in Canada and fewer – …