How to reverse the spread of violent extremism: what needs to change and what works in collective action against violent extremism? The Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development was recently held with Morten Bøås, principal investigator in the PREVEX-project,...
Keynote speech for the United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism
At the invitation of the United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), PREVEX-researcher Steven Blockmans (Director of Research at CEPS) delivered the keynote speech at a virtual event held on 29 April which was devoted to learning lessons from European PVE...
Slow Pace of Balkan Repatriation Leaves Over 100 Children in Syrian Camps
The UN recently made a new call for states to repatriate their citizens from camps in Syria. About 19,000 children come from Iraq and 8,000 from elsewhere. Western Balkan countries, as many others, have been hesitant to bring all...
The EU and preventing violent extremism in North Africa
What is the role of the EU in preventing violent extremism in North Africa? SSSA and AUI organised a public webinar to disseminate and discuss the findings of PREVEX WP6 first deliverable, the Policy Brief on “EU and other...
The role of the EU in preventing, countering violent extremism in the Sahel
What is the role of the EU in the fields of preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) in the Sahel? Abdoul Wahab Cissé (ARGA) presented the latest PREVEX ‘Policy Brief summarizing the EU and other stakeholders’ prevention strategy towards...
European Café Debate: The EU and preventing violent extremism in the Balkans
What is the role of the EU and other external stakeholders in preventing violent extremism in the Balkans? Presented here are initial findings from Albanian speaking cases – Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia – in the European Café Debate...