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...
Launching PREVEX: Kick-off event
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...
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...