According to the current research, the dynamics of global protests generally match earlier analyses of radicalization and violent mobilization. The primary conclusions are still relevant: identity fusion strengthens group commitment; digital platforms promote transnational identities; and movement fragmentation, disinformation, and counter-messaging can worsen violence. Emerging online channels that facilitate cross-border mobilization and influence are shaping transnational movements, which are becoming more diffuse and identitarian. There is evidence of state-aligned attempts to radicalize local movements, and far-right individuals take advantage of anti-immigrant and Islamophobic emotions. Although there is still conflicting data, misinformation has clearly increased violence in a few instances (such as Charlottesville and the Capitol Riots). Prioritising violence prevention in anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant mobilisations, improving transnational influence research, resolving structural grievances, opposing unfriendly state activities, and protecting democratic protest spaces are some of the main recommendations.
