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A note on the article ‘New Models for Deploying Counterspeech: Measuring Behavioral Change and Sentiment Analysis’
There have long been discussions in academic and practitioner circles, at times with conservatives and progressives holding opposite opinions, on whether counter narratives directed at…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, March 2021 (II/II – Easter Edition)
The 40 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, second half of March. In descending order.Since mid-2017, we have…
SahelCenter.org – A New Policyinstitute.net Initiative
This week, we launched SahelCenter.org – our latest initiative under the umbrella of Policyinstitute.net. You will find studies and news about the greater Sahara-Sahelian region…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, March 2021 (I/II)
The 20 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, first half of March. In descending order. Since mid-2017, we…
Globalization, mobility, and terrorism
In the globalized world, distance plays a much lesser role than it used to be. This also goes for the fight against extremism. Not only…
For a more careful use of analogies in Islamic practice
Analogies are often used in Islam where and when prophetic examples do not fully fit situations. While a number of broad, classical Shari’a principles are…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, February 2021 (II/II)
The 25 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, first half of February. In descending order. Since mid-2017, we…
Preemptive Deterrence Must Be Proportional
I recently re-read the website of a former German government official having joined the private sector, doing both national and international work. His company profile’s…
