Zeer relevant ihkv aanstaande wetswijziging in Nederland waarmee beoogd wordt verheerlijking van terrorisme steafbaar te stellen.

My new policy brief. The implications of the unprecedented budget cuts that have hit the #Counterterrorism and #prevention #PCVE sector are seriously impacting research into underlying factors and implementation of prevention programs, underming a comprehensive approach and years of lessons learned👇

Last week, @fd.nl published an article written by @bibivanginkel.bsky.social. In the article, van Ginkel discusses the growing issues that plague the global #counterterrorism sector, & the consequences the present reality will have for the future. Link to the article here: ➡️ buff.ly/GPGeol4

The decision of the US to withdraw visa for Palestinian representatives to allow them to attend the UN General Assembly #UNGA meeting in New York next month, might expedite talks of moving UN Headquarters out of New York.

How do vulnerabilities in Nigeria’s Almajiri system allow for the proliferation of youth radicalisation? This ICCT Policy Brief illustrates the potential influences that can transform vulnerable youth populations into recruitment pools for terrorists ➡️ buff.ly/XXzsO3A

What lessons can post-ISIS #Iraq offer for managing humanitarian camps in post-war #Gaza? In this new ICCT Analysis, Yousuf Syed Khan examines the potential governance, security & repatriation challenges faced by post-war Gaza. 📄 buff.ly/KTmeRVM

The Foreign Terrorist Fighters (#FTF) Knowledge Hub has just been updated! This open-access online resource, developed in collaboration with @tmcasser.bsky.social‬, now incorporates the most recent data on the responses of 36 states to #ForeignTerroristFighters. ➡️ buff.ly/DuVvY2Y

How are #authoritarian regimes silencing critics across borders under the guise of security? This ICCT Policy Brief by Niki Ssiampakou uncovers #TransnationalRepression tactics, from digital espionage to violence, and calls for coordinated action to defend #humanrights.

How do you counter disinformation that attacks identity and divides communities? This new ICCT Analysis introduces Positive Identity Expansion—a strategy offering inclusive, pro-social alternatives to identity-based disinformation. ➡️ buff.ly/8MXUJel

Terrorismebestrijding en -preventie worden zowel in Nl als werelwijd met grote bezuinigingen opgezadeld. Als het om conflict en veiligheid gaat, is dat het paard achter de wagen spannen. Zie mijn opinie in @fd.nl fd.nl/opinie/15664...

Vanochtend heeft #CAVV uit eigen beweging advies uitgebracht aan @MinBuza over verplichting van 3estaten om genocide te voorkomen. Aanleiding is juridische onduidelijkheid die bestaat in politieke en maatschappelijke debat over deze verplichting. Zie www.adviescommissievolkenrecht.nl/publicaties/...

Het probleem van terrorisme is nog lang niet opgelost. Sterker nog de dreiging is diffuser en onvoirspelbaarder georden. Het is daarom onbegrijpelijk dat de aandacht en fondsen voor preventie van terrorisme zijn verdwenen. Hebben we dan niets geleerd?

Vraag me af of er een parallel is tussen #sabotage treinnetwerk in Frankrijk tijdens Olympische Spelen Parijs, en de brand in kabels die #NS treinen rond #Schiphol stil leggen tijdens #NAVOtop.

Bij #nieuwsweekend @nporadio1.bsky.social gesprek over belang van goed afscheidscadeau na jaren trouwe dienst. Heel herkenbaar. Na 13 jaar hard werken bij gerenomeerd instituut kreeg ik ooit twee wijnglazen tijdens de zomerborrel. Beloofde eigen borrel bleef uit. Wiijnglazen passen niet bij de rest.

Vandaag was #bevrijdingsdag. Een dag om stil te staan bij de verworvenheden van onze vrijheid. Vrijheid om je uit te spreken. Vrijheid om te demonstreren. Hoe kan het dan dat wie dat doet gearresteerd wordt? Op welke grond? Welke vrijheid beschermen we dan eigenlijk? #5mei

📢 Last week, Senior Research Fellow & Programme Lead @bibivanginkel.bsky.social l participated in a technical workshop on #PCVE in #NewDelhi. The goal is to increment collaboration between the #EU and #India on both soft and hard security aspects of counterterrorism. #ESIWA

The deadline is extended for applications of this internship. Don’t miss this great opportunity. Check it out and become my new intern 👇

How does #antiinstitutionalism look like in the #Netherlands? @bibivanginkel.bsky.social and Fulco van Deventer explore anti-institutionalism and the shapes it takes in the Netherlands. They also suggest national and local #policies, while identifying challenges. Read more ➡️ buff.ly/sTRZMWG

Happy to have contributed to this excellent group of reseachers, resulting in three relevant publications on gender and radicalisation. Based on a review of literature and semi-structured interviews, we mapped main views, stereotypes, biases, and gaps in literature and practice. buff.ly/3YYn2uP

#IWD2025 Understanding #gender roles is crucial in designing and implementing effective counterterrorism and PCVE policies.

Another important research paper on genderrelated aspects #IWD2025

As we are nearing International Women’s Day, we are highlighting ICCT’s work on genderrelated issues in counterterrorism and PCVE. #IWD2025 #gender

Who will become my new intern? Check out this great opportunity👇

Thomas Renard & Meryl Demuynck recently published an article for @zeit.de Despite growing concerns about immigration-related threats, data indicates attacks involving immigrants are neither the primary #terrorist threat in #Europe nor an increasing trend. ➡️ buff.ly/4iamWYQ

Today is the 3rd anniversary of the International Legion for the Defence of #Ukraine. In this #podcast produced in collaboration with FRONTSTORY.PL, Kacper Rekawek & Donald Bowser explore #foreignfighters, Russian #doxxing & the risk of #radicalisation of Ukraine supporters against the West. ➡️

Bansky.

“Dress Code Drama at the Oval Office”, by Zez Vaz: buff.ly/wcNWxuQ

You wonder what humanity should look like? Definitely not like this!

America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..

Arendt also stated:”The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”

Hannah Arendt already warned us:”Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”

Richard Drew Marcantonio gives some useful evidence-based policy advise: Partial peace agreements, which includes ceasefires, have an 85% rate of conflict relapse. Comprehensive peace agreements have a 14% rate of conflict relapse.

"If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Z" A Day of American Infamy www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Ik neem mijn hoed af en buig diep voor deze man die leiderschap toont en zijn rug recht houdt in deze verschrikkelijke storm.

Rudy Bouma zegt in NOS laat: ‘het kwam volkomen onverwacht’ en dat het escaleerde nadat Zelensky Trump ‘de les las over Lutin’ (deze typo laat ik even staan). Kan er misschien een psycholoog of psychiater worden ingehuurd op nieuwsredacties? Of gewoon anyone met mensenkennis of levenservaring?

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

Today is #PVE day. Having worked in the field of counterterrorism for 3 decades, the developments from CT to countering violent extremism to prevention, with the understanding that long term effectiveness only works with comprehensive policies, is one of the great achievements. Let’s preserve that.

The #US stopped funding the #UNRWA. What are the consequences from a #CounterTerrorism perspective? @bibivanginkel.bsky.social analysed how the responses to the allegations against @unrwa.org underline a trend towards a swing back to post 9/11 hard security measures. ➡️ buff.ly/3Q5WWBZ

Letter from SFRC democrats on USAID.

The ICC prosecutor has applied for arrest warrants for the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and the Chief Justice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds.

Did you know that 15 years ago, Dutch Parliament adopted a motion that led to the establishment of @icct.bsky.social? Main objective was to do research and offer policy advise on prevention of radicalisation leading to terrorism and rule of law based responses to terrorism.

For those who want to stay updated on everything related to #terrorism #counterterrorism #PCVE, good news: @icct.bsky.social has also started an account on Bluesky! Good account to follow!

Responded to recent call for attacks by #ISKP on social media on events such as #Carnavalofvenice #Amsterdamdanceevent #Oktoberfest for Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad ( in Dutch) m.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20250...

Nog lang geen volledige reconstructie, wel interessant: hoe het Gaza-bestand tot stand kwam www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/w...

Het mantra van Nederland lijkt te zijn dat ze Israel achter de schermen aanspreken. Maar bij ( int’l) recht en rechtvaardigheid gaat het om meer, zeker als het drama zich voor de ogen vd wereld afspeelt. ‘Justice has to be seen to be done.’ Een wezenlijk verschil. Krachtig gebaar van Eline Bosman.

On the new ICCT podcast series, I explore the impacts of AI on national security, including the misuse of AI, supply chain vulnerabilities & AI's secondary effects. I also explore potential AI use cases in counter-terrorism & the risks and challenges associated with them icct.nl/multimedia/e...

I had the great pleasure of hosting our latest podcast series at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism which looks at the role of #AI in #terrorism and #counterterrorism. You can find all episodes on our website or Spotify open.spotify.com/show/7cnguMG...

I put together a post on "Islamic State-Related Arrests In the U.S. In 2024" to hopefully provide some context and show that the New Orleans attack fits with a higher attack plot tempo we saw in 2024 vs. 2023 and also fits with a broader picture globally. www.jihadologyplus.com/p/islamic-st...