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Countering violent extremism

Crime-Terror Nexus

In recent years, the pace of globalisation has drastically changed the global security landscape. Behind the current infestation of extremism, there is an influx of non-state actors that exceed borders and threaten global peace and stability.

Violent extremism has many faces; it can be expressed as an act of terrorism; cyber-attack; organised crime; conflict. Due to its perplexing and multidimensional nature, this phenomenon usually prospers in regions where despair, repression and weak governmental presence plague its people (European Union, 2017). Therefore, it is no coincidence that extremism thrives in the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

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The Israel-Palestine Conflict

A new Middle East conflict on the rise

The timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to date

Fifty years have passed since the six-day war and the Israeli-Palestinian dispute has not been resolved. Its roots lie back in 1947 with the parallel birth of the Arab and Israeli nationalism. The vision for a Greater Israel or Palestine has nurtured the hatred between the two nations and led to the Six-Day War in 1967. At that time, Israel conquered the West Bank from Jordan; Gaza Strip from Egypt. Read more

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Russia back in the global arena

Putin’s popularity on the rise as populists take over Europe and the US

Global order as known within the last three decades is changing. With more global players emerging, the US hegemony comes to an end; soon, new rivalries and alliances will dominate. The current article discusses the systemic changes in the US-Russian relations after Trump’s election, the rise of populism and the spread of the Russian propaganda in the West. Read more

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