In this interview by Slovenian Student Radio, one of the oldest independent radio stations in Europe, known for its reports from under-reported areas of the world, NUPIs Research Professor (and PI of PREVEX) Morten Bøås, explains the current situation...
COVID-19 and Preventing Violent Extremism: PREVEX Research Notes
The COVID-19 pandemic is directly and indirectly affecting governments’ ability to prevent violent extremism effectively and presents core challenges to the counter-terrorism community globally. According to renowned anti-terrorist expert Professor Magnus Ranstorp, ‘COVID-19 and extremism are the perfect storm’....
Sombre post-election outlook for Mali’s Keïta
The Nordic Africa Institute has published an article by Mattias Sköld, where Research Professor Morten Bøås from the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) comments on the post-election results in Mali. For the full text, please visit the Nordic...
Future challenges of violent extremism in the Western Balkans
Western Balkan countries face a new security challenge: the deradicalization and reintegration of returnees. By 2017, at least 310 adults had returned to the region and it was estimated that another 460 – mostly women and children – remained...
Uncertain future for UN peacekeeping operations
By Morten Bøås/NUPI. This article was first published in Norwegian by Forsvarets Forum, 25 March 2020. As UN peacekeeping faces a major budget crisis, fewer countries may be willing to send soldiers abroad. This will have implications for the...
The PREVEX project officially launched in Brussels
By Henriette Ullavik Erstad/NUPI Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others? This is one of the core questions that PREVEX will address. This week the project participants gathered at CEPS in Brussels for the...