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...
How did shadow competition between the Islamic State’s (IS) various radical ideological factions lead the organization into an open and extremely violent internal war? n this article, PREVEX researcher Djallil Lounnas analyses the origins and ideological foundations of the...
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...
3. February 2020 Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others? An answer to this question is essential for the formulation of effective preventive EU approaches to strengthening societal resilience. The panel will investigate cases of occurrence...
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...
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...
