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  The Battle for Bavaria: Online information campaigns in the 2018 Bavarian State Election

  This report uncovers international far-right influence campaigns active in the 2018 Bavarian State Elections.

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  Smearing Sweden: International Influence Campaigns in the 2018 Swedish Election

  This report presents the findings of a project that investigated foreign attempts to influence the 2018 Swedish elections online.

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  “I Left to be Closer to Allah”: Learning about Foreign Fighters from Family and Friends

  This report calls on data from the largest collection of interviews with foreign fighters and those closest to them. It combines data from open-ended interviews with 43 parents, siblings, and friends of 30 men and women who travelled to Syria and Iraq.

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Guidance for International Youth Engagement in PVE and CVE

This report presents the findings from the YouthCAN UN PVE Survey in order to bridge the gap between international policymakers and the expressed needs and concerns of young PVE activists.

The Counter-narrative Handbook

This handbook was created to help anyone looking to proactively respond to extremist propaganda with counter-narrative campaigns, and is intended as a beginner’s guide for those with little or no previous experience of counter-narrative campaigning.

Lone Actor Terrorism: Analysis Paper

A systematic analysis of lone-actor terrorists reveals considerable variation in terms of individual characteristics, methodologies, motivations and indicators of violent intent.

Lone Actor Terrorism: Policy Paper 4: – ‘Leakage’ and Interaction with Authorities

This fourth policy paper of the Countering Lone-Actor Terrorism series examines how lone-actor terrorists reveal their intent to commit attacks and recommends a targeted approach based on the characteristics and motivations of the specific threat.

Lone Actor Terrorism: Policy Paper 3 – Motivations, Political Engagement and Online Activity

This research brought to light the significant threat posed by right-wing lone-actor terrorism, as well as the need to continue infiltration and monitoring of violent extremist groups. The paper also recommends that social media companies continue to improve user-based reporting systems to expedite responses in potential cases of lone-actor terrorism.

Lone Actor Terrorism: Policy Paper 2 – Attack Methodology and Logistics

This second policy paper of the Countering Lone-Actor Terrorism series examines the key variables relating to attack methodology and logistics, and suggests policy recommendations based on the analysis.

Lone Actor Terrorism: Policy Paper 1 – Personal Characteristics of Lone-Actor Terrorists

This policy paper emphasises the importance of focusing on different subgroups and of benchmarking in order to accurately interpret results. Likewise, they underline the necessity of lowering barriers to mental health services, as well as multi-agency cooperation.

Lone Actor Terrorism: Database Workshop Paper

This paper examines the second workshop of the CLAT Consortium, which discussed the development of the project database (based on the definition of lone-actor terrorism agreed at the first workshop) and some of the underlying principles that would inform data collection and retention.

Lone Actor Terrorism: Definitional Workshop Paper

The first step in assessing the nature and scale of the threat posed by lone-actor terrorism in Europe is the establishment of a working definition of the term.

Lone Actor Terrorism: Literature Review

Lone-actor terrorism is not a new phenomenon; however, research suggests the threat is increasing as pressure from security services forces a tactical adaptation and groups call on those who share their ideology to act alone without direction or support.