Category: Radicalization

terrorism, violent extremism, PVE, prevention of violent extremism, radicalizing

A Comparative Analysis of the Caucasus Emirate Islamic Ideology within the Global-Salafi Jihad

CERIA Brief No. 5, January 2015 By Jean-François Ratelle  This brief addresses the relationship between the Caucasus Emirate (CE) and the Global-Salafi jihad following the death of Doku Umarov, and the rapid ascent of… Continue reading A Comparative Analysis of the Caucasus Emirate Islamic Ideology within the Global-Salafi Jihad

Research Note: Uzbek Online Recruiting to the Syrian Conflict

CERIA Brief No. 3, November 2014 By Noah Tucker Uzbek jihadists in Syria take advantage of low-cost digital media tools to pro-mote intense and successful operations in a way those fighting in Afghanistan and… Continue reading Research Note: Uzbek Online Recruiting to the Syrian Conflict

Facebook Jihad: The IMU’s Digital Communication Strategy for the Karachi Airport Attack

CERIA Brief No. 1, July 2014 By Noah Tucker The Central Asia Digital Islam Project explores the way Internet and social media are slowly beginning to revolutionize the Islamic marketplace of ideas for Central… Continue reading Facebook Jihad: The IMU’s Digital Communication Strategy for the Karachi Airport Attack

Youth Radicalization in Tajikistan: Causes, Consequences, and Challenges to Address

Central Asia Fellowship Papers No. 2, October 2013 By Safovudin Jaborov Safovudin Jaborov is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He also leads… Continue reading Youth Radicalization in Tajikistan: Causes, Consequences, and Challenges to Address

Eurasia 2014: Into Thin Air

Central Asia Policy Brief No. 10, June 2013 By Eric McGlinchey Factors that produce democracy can produce violence. Drivers of reform are also drivers of radicalism. Predictable indeterminacy is the surprising suddenness of protest… Continue reading Eurasia 2014: Into Thin Air