Category: Insights
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, June 2021 (II/II) – Updated
The 20 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, second half of June. In descending order.Since mid-2017, we have…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, June 2021 (I/II)
The 40 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, first half of June. In descending order.Since mid-2017, we have…
The need for alliances and capacity building in counterterrorism
By Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip The Podcast ‘Middle East Focus’ recently treated the subject ‘Counterterrorism under the Biden Administration’ and welcomed two guests: The first:…
The Federal Government wants to try to protect journalists in Germany better
by Thorsten Koch After violent attacks on journalists by demonstrators, including by those operating against the Corona measures, the Federal Government has announced to offer…
Sean Li explains the moderation of audio content on a social network
Content shared on social platforms can be non-conspicuous, but it can also cause issues and even comprise hate speech, necessitating moderation. Thus far, companies regulate…
Managing political transitions, avoiding conflict
In all regions of the world, conflicts of transition concerning political power have either been taking place or were taking place, from ancient times up…
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…
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…