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Terrorism & Radicalism

Countering Global Terrorism and Exposing the Islamist Ideology.

Terrorism and its underlying Islamist ideology pose a civilizational challenge to the West and Europe in particular. Beyond the immediate security threat of mass casualty attacks, the worldview inspiring terrorism constitutes also a major obstacle to the integration of immigrant communities.

A successful counter-terrorism strategy is therefore not only a matter of improving police and intelligence work, as important as those tasks are, but also requires an effective counter-radicalization strategy.

To defeat terrorism and its underlying worldview we can’t though focus only on violent extremism but must also tackle those groups that may officially reject violence and yet still propagate goals and values that are incompatible with our liberal democracies. It is their views and ideas that lead to the creation of parallel societies, thus undermining social cohesion, and prepare the ideological groundwork for the jihadis.

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May 10, 2022

Raisi, the IRGC and Iran’s Future Direction of Travel

In partnership with MEP David Lega (EPP, Sweden) and MEP Frédérique Ries (Renew Europe, Belgium), the AJC Transatlantic Institute hosted Kasra Aarabi, Senior Analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in the European Parliament. Aarabi and MEP Lega discussed a wide range of issues: Iran’s military and security forces with a focus on Shia Militias across the Middle East and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the rise of ‘Imam Sadeghis’ – a cohort of highly indoctrinated technocrats that are just as zealous as the IRGC - and the EU attempts to make sense of the Raisi government and negotiate a new nuclear deal in Vienna.
July 17, 2018

The Geopolitical Role of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean:Regional Stability, Energy Security and Counterterrorism

Hosted by the AJC Transatlantic Institute, H.E. Nikos Christodoulides, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, spoke to a select audience of Ambassadors, EU diplomats, and journalists. Below is the transcript of his...
May 17, 2018

Terrorist Structures in Europe - Front Organizations, Financing, Propaganda and Recruitment

The AJC Transatlantic Institute and the CSU Brussels, in partnership with the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD), co-hosted a working breakfast in the European Parliament entitled “Terrorist Structures in Europe -...

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03/05/2016

Ambassador David Walzer on EU-Israel Relations

On the sidelines of the European-Israeli Dialogue on National Security and Regional Stability on 3 May 2016, Amb. David Walzer outlines his vision of EU-Israel relations. These should involve, but by no means be limited to, collaborating on fighting the common threat of...

03/05/2016

Video: Dr. Peter Spoor on EU-Israel Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

Dr. Peter Spoor, Advisor to EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, discusses the deepening cooperation between the EU and Israel on combating terrorism. The interview was filmed on the sidelines of the European-Israeli Dialogue on National Security and Regional Stability on 3 May...

03/05/2016

Video: Yoram Schweitzer discusses the need to ban Hezbollah

Yoram Schweitzer, Director of the Terrorism and Low Intensity Warfare Project at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), discusses Hezbollah and the need to identify the organization as a terror group.

The interview was filmed on the sidelines of the...

03/05/2016

Saad on Radicalism and Terrorism in Europe

In the aftermath of the terror attacks that shook Brussels in March 2016, Chief Commissioner of the Brussels Police, Saad Amrani, analyses the roots of Islamic radicalism in Europe and how the ideology is rapidly finding new followers among young Muslims. ...

21/04/2016

Video: Squaring the Circle - Migrants, Integration and Values

View the full video of the panel discussion "Squaring the Circle - Migrants, Integration and Values", which TAI co-hosted on 21 April 2017 with our friends from the Martens Centre.

22/03/2016

Brussels Attacks: Daniel Schwammenthal interviewed on Sky News

Daniel Schwammenthal, Director of the AJC Transatlantic Institute, reacts from Brussels on the terror attacks that shook the EU capital on March 22, 2016.

19/03/2016

Daniel Schwammenthal interviewed by Sky News on Capture of terrorist Salah Abdeslam

Daniel Schwammenthal, Director of the AJC Transatlantic Institute, discusses on Sky News the capture of Salah Abdeslam in Brussels on March 17th, 2016.

25/11/2015

Letter from a City on Lockdown

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21/11/2015

Daniel Schwammenthal interviewed by Sky News on Brussels Lockdown

Daniel Schwammenthal, Director if the AJC Transatlantic Institute, discusses on Sky News the Brussels lockdown in the wake of the Paris Attacks in November 2015.

05/05/2015

Jan Jambon addresses AJC's Strategy Conference on Anti-Semitism

Jan Jambon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Security and the Interior of Belgium, at the AJC's Strategy Conference on Combat Anti-Semitism.