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ISD equips media professionals with the tools and resources they need to combat extremism and information manipulation. We provide training for journalists on the use of our dashboards, toolkits and curricula, enhancing their ability to recognise and counter extremist narratives, hate speech and disinformation. Since 2024, we have briefed more than 100 local US newsrooms, empowering media outlets to report accurately on complex issues related to extremism and social cohesion. Our experts are routinely interviewed by international outlets to provide clarity into extremism, terrorism, hate and information warfare, including in the wake of major global crises.

March 10, 2026

The 2025 Annual Review of Plots and Attacks Across the US

US attacks and plots in 2025 show unclear motives, rising nihilistic violence and more casualties, exposing gaps in prevention frameworks.

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

June 19, 2024

Pulling Back the Curtain: An Exploration of YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithm

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Kids Online Safety, Recommender Systems and Algorithms

November 30, 2023

Web of Hate: A Retrospective Study of Online Gendered Abuse in 2022 in the United States

Misogyny, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Threats to Public Figures

October 24, 2023

Active Clubs: The Growing Threat of ‘White Nationalism 3.0’ across the United States

Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

October 2, 2023

The Greens as Enemies during the Gas Price Crisis 2022 – Second Methodological Exploration in the NOTORIOUS Project

Climate

MORE Resources for Media

May 20, 2018

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

This report studies the motivations of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, using the largest collection of interviews with them and their families.

Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

August 1, 2016

“Shooting in the right direction”: Anti-IS Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq

This report represents the first publication in ISD’s new “Horizons” series, launched to examine emerging trends related to violent extremism or CVE.

Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

February 1, 2016

Lone Actor Terrorism: Analysis Paper

A systematic analysis of lone-actor terrorists reveals considerable variation in terms of individual characteristics.

Terrorism and Extremism

May 1, 2015

‘Till Martyrdom Do Us Part’ Gender and the ISIS Phenomenon

This report explores the phenomenon of Western females travelling to Syria and Iraq in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Islamist Extremism