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...
The status of (preventing and countering) violent extremism in Albania
January 2021 – More than five years have passed since 1353 men, women, and children travelled from the Western Balkans to Syria and Iraq. Since then, western Balkan governments have taken substantial measures to prosecute those that travelled to join a...
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...