Sultan Althari investigates how the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is employing a mix of ideological and technological counter-terror strategies.

The number of ISIS foreign fighters is positively correlated with a country’s GDP per capita and its Human Development Index.

A fundamental initial step in effective programming for preventing violent extremism is to understand what is driving it.

The numbers within 2017 Global Terrorism Index tell us one part of the story but the weight of the narrative lies elsewhere. It lies with the people living with the daily realities of the impact of violent extremism and the global war on terror.

Terrorism today has emerged as one of the most potent threats to global peace and security.

Terror attacks began increasing in Asia in the early 2000s. According to the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), South Asia was more affected than anywhere else in the world between 2008 and 2013.

This year’s results present a juxtaposition of the dynamics of terrorism in modern society. On one hand, they show a 10% fall (since last year) in the number of deaths attributed to terrorist incidents – the first decline since 2010.