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Transnational Dynamics in Violent Outcomes for Protest Movements: A Rapid Evidence Assessment (CREST)

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:…

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Two Weeks in Soft Security: Free Resources on Countering Extremism, Hate, and Disinformation, August 2025 (II/II)

Browse and read from a list of the 160 most popular LinkedIn resources dealing with soft counter-extremism, countering hate speech, and on the theory of…

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First-of-its-kind study on women’s involvement in violent extremism was launched in Tajikistan (UN WOMEN)

The nation’s first gender-sensitive examination of women’s participation in violent extremism comes from a groundbreaking study that was started in Tajikistan. The study, which was…

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Extremists are targeting young Australians who crave belonging. What can we do? (The Conversation)

According to a new study, young Australians are becoming more susceptible to extremist recruiting, which is motivated by unfulfilled demands for stability and belonging rather…

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Burnt out and radicalised: how workplace exhaustion breeds extremist thinking – new study (The Conversation)

According to a recent study, there is a concerning correlation between support for extremist ideology and occupational stress. People may become less psychologically resilient and…

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Linking Conspiracy Beliefs and Violent Anti-Government Extremism: Mitigating the Threat with Procedurally Just Governance (Terrorism and Political Violence)

Alongside a decline in institutional trust and an increase in conspiracy-driven violence, there has been a notable increase in conspiracy theories, political division, and anti-government…

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The Evolving Landscape of Domestic Extremism (Domestic Preparedness)

In the United States, domestic extremism has become more complicated, with threats coming from both lone actors and ideological groups. More than 2,200 acts of…

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Two Weeks in Soft Security, Multimedia Edition. Policyinstitute.net, 23 August 2025

VIDEOS: Factors that contribute to conspiratorial beliefs (Cambridge Disinformation Summit):https://lnkd.in/dg2VXmAB Is digital media literacy the answer to our disinformation woes? (OECD):https://lnkd.in/d5Wm6uNR Forscherin Ebner über digitale…

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