PUBLICATION

Counter-Terrorism and Extremism in Great Britain Since 7/7

Fifteen years on from the July 7, 2005 terrorist attacks and huge progress has been made in tackling terrorism. Unfortunately, progress has been trickier to achieve in the so-called battle of ideas and there is still insufficient work being done to push back against extremist ideologies and those who promote them. The relationship between Prevent and counter extremism work has become confused and ambiguity about who the Government will and will not work with has led to inconsistent decisions being made.

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COMMENTARY

Terrorism After the Pandemic

“Europe has now become the epicentre of the pandemic,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared back in March. The warning from the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) was stark, but not all countries in the continent reacted with urgency. Some countries were yet to go into lockdown. But an unlikely voice concurred with Ghebreyesus. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s (ISIS) Al-Naba newsletter warned supporters not to set foot in the “land of the epidemic.” That might seem like good news, but there are already plenty of Islamic State—and those animated by a broader jihadist ideology—already living in...

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