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Experts Outline How to Avoid Islamist Resurgence in Iraq, Syria
July 13, 2017
US foreign policy and security experts are stressing the importance of economic development, professionalizing the police forces, and a continued US military presence in post-Islamic State (IS) Iraq and Syria to minimize the chances of a resurgence of Islamist extremism and violence in these countries.
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UN Chief Focuses on SDGs to Prevent Terrorism
July 13, 2017
At a meeting of the Eurasian multilateral organization the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kazakhstan, UN Secretary-General António Guterres pointed to "inclusive and sustainable development," in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as the best guarantor against "violent extremism."
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OSCE Trains Lawyers on Combating "Hate Speech"
July 13, 2017
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently supported a seminar in Almaty, Kazakhstan, training lawyers on "effective legal protection against hate speech" and how to combat harm from a "malicious Internet environment."
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EU Praises Hastened Removal of Online "Hate Speech"
July 13, 2017
Celebrating an evaluation of social media platforms' progress in fulfilling the EU Code of Conduct on removing online "hate speech," European Commissioner for Justice Vĕra Jourová praised internet companies' response to the initiative in "removing twice as many cases of illegal hate speech and at a faster rate when compared to six months ago."
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IS Leader's Reported Death Does Not End Violent Islamism
July 12, 2017
Analysts are cautioning that observers should not equate reports by the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirming the death of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with the end of violent Islamism, pointing to evidence suggesting that supporters of IS's ideology have already begun to shift their operational focus to the Western context.
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