Countering Violent Extremism
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the underlying factors of violent extremism.
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Washington DCCGCC Presentation: "The Terrorist Who Came Home"
CGCC hosted a screening of “The Terrorist Who Came Home,” the first in a series of films from the UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task (CTITF) designed to highlight voices of repentant terrorists. This CTITF documentary features former terrorists and their victims and is intended to provide states with practical experiences to...
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Use of the Internet for Counter-Terrorist Purposes
This policy brief looks at the role of the Internet in violent radicalization. Terrorists increasingly draw inspiration, reinforcement, support, and guidance from a variety of online sources. The brief provides an overview of the challenges this poses to effective counterterrorism efforts, while arguing that the Internet also offers a potent...
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Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaConference on Use of the Internet to Counter the Appeal of Extremist Violence
This conference was co-organized by CGCC and the UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force’s Working Group on Countering the Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes and hosted by Naif Arab University for Security Science. The conference brought together more than 120 policymakers, experts, and practitioners drawn from national governments,...
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Washington DCImproving the Criminal Justice Response to Terrorism: A Practical View From Prosecutors and U.S. and UN Experts
Confronted with an increasing concern over homegrown terrorism, a focus on prevention and strengthening the criminal justice response to terrorism has become an increasing priority. CGCC hosted this event in which discussants offered practical ideas and insights on how to deal with this relatively new field of jurisprudence. Panelists were...
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Washington DCRadicalization/De-radicalization: Lessons for the Next U.S. President
In the third installment of a series of events on the presidential transition, CGCC held a discussion on radicalization with Richard Barrett from the UN Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team, Frank J. Cilluffo from the Homeland Security Policy Institute of The George Washington University, Daniel W. Sutherland from the...
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Washington DCRisks and Rewards of a Multilateral Counterterrorism Strategy
At the New America Foundation, Alistair Millar and Eric Rosand of CGCC discussed their report commissioned by the Better World Campaign entitled “Building Global Alliances in the Fight Against Terrorism,” in which they contend that although targeting and capturing terrorists remain at the forefront of the nation’s counterterrorism strategy, the...
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New York, NYImplementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in the Western Hemisphere
The Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations hosted this workshop organized and sponsored by CGCC, which brought together representatives from Organization of American States (OAS) member states, UN Secretariat officials, officials from the OAS Secretariat, and leading academic and other nongovernmental experts on the region. Participants examined the...
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New York, NYCGCC Presents Recommendations for Addressing Youth Radicalization
CGCC presented its recommendations for addressing youth radicalization and implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy at a meeting for 100 UN officials and diplomats hosted by the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations. Those recommendations were based on meetings convened in 2007 with the Istituto Affari Internazionali....
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