Photo: Son Tung Tran Why does the EU continue to fund and cooperate with authoritarian regimes in the MENA region at the expense of its liberal values? In this article, post-doctoral researcher Erik Skare delves into the European Union’s...
MERI Forum 2022
On 31 October-2 November 2022, the MERI Forum will take place in Erbil, Iraq. The MERI Forum is a high-level policy event that is held annually in Iraq, bringing together local, national and international policymakers, academics, civil society leaders,...
Assessing the EU’s measures to prevent violent extremism in a comparative perspective
Synchronising findings from both PREVEX-generated and external research outputs, this policy brief presents three key lessons from the analysis of the EU’s measures to prevent violent extremism (PVE) across the MENA, the Maghreb/Sahel and the Balkans region. The first...
Cross-regional comparisons of ‘enabling environments’, drivers and occurrence/non-occurrence of violent extremism
Source: Mapchart.net/World Presented here is a working paper on the findings from cross-regional comparisons conducted by PREVEX project partners across their respective regional domains. Drawing primarily on PREVEX reports D5.2, D6.2, and D7.2, this working paper attempts to amalgamate...
From radicalisation to violence: the factors shaping Egyptian radical youths’ decisions whether to take up arms
Photo by Mohamed ELamine Msiouri/Pexels On 3 July 2013, the Egyptian military ended the Muslim Brotherhood’s rule after one year in power. Supporters of the Muslims Brothers rejected this political move and insisted they would remain on the streets...
Resilience to Violent Extremism in Serbia: The Case of Sanjak
Photo by Meruyert Gonullu on Pexels. Experts had gloomy predictions about violent Islamist extremism and terrorism in Serbia. Sanjak – the southwestern region in Serbia populated by a Muslim majority – was dubbed a Jihadist hotbed as it was...