ISIS

Turmoil in Southern Philippines – next step towards the creation of a new ISIS Caliphate?1
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 07/07/2017
Since the 23rd of May, ISIS’s regional allies, Abu Sayyaf and Maute, have taken roots in the southern Filipino town of Marawi, despite several attempts by Manilla´s governmental forces to recapture the city. The Mindanao morass is just another milestone in a decade long conflict crippling the Southern regions of the archipelago. The growing influence of ISIS in Southeast Asia is increasingly menacing regional stability. This dramatic state of play has led to concerns about the region sheltering the next Willayah, the official provinces of ISIS. With such a threat looming on the horizon, how can regional governments develop long-term fitting responses?
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Youth radicalization: the enemy within 0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 23/01/2016
The rise in the number terrorist attacks carried out by nationals and citizens to their own states has brought to the fore the problem of youth radicalization. What is most striking is the changing profile of the terrorists who are perceived as intelligent individuals, mostly university students and graduates. There is therefore an urgent need for measures that reduce or altogether eliminate opportunities for youth radicalization. Security and community institutions need to be strengthened to provide deterrence and appropriate responses.
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Is there life after the Islamic State?0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 19/06/2015
Who feels safe under the Islamic State and why?
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An interview with Spyros Sofos on the Charlie Hebdo attacks and everything that follows 2
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Interview
- 22/01/2015
Spyros Sofos is a visiting lecturer at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the Lund University. He has previously been a Senior Research Fellow in International Politics at the Helen Bamber Centre for the Study of Rights, Conflict and Mass Violence of Kingston University, a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in International Politics at Portsmouth University. He is member of the advisory board of Transconflict, a conflict transformation NGO.
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