What We're Reading

August 2018 | Global Forum 2018

In this month’s “What We Are Reading” digest, the RESOLVE Network sets the stage for the next Global Forum. On September 19, 2018, the RESOLVE Network will host its Third Annual Global Forum in Washington, DC at the U.S. Institute of Peace. The Forum will explore new research angles and approaches that present innovative entry points and recommendations for prevention and intervention through policy and practice. The publications offer new perspectives into violent extremism through the lenses of cognitive psychology, religious norms, mental health, and the intersection of different extremist movements. Click the links to learn more. 

 

Governance and Security 

Natali, Denise. “Iraqi Kurdistan Was Never Ready for Statehood” Foreign Policy, (2017). https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/31/iraqi-kurdistan-was-never-ready-for-statehood/  

Firchow, Pamina, and Roger Mac Ginty. “Measuring Peace: Comparability, Commensurability, and Complementarity Using Bottom-Up Indicators” International Studies Review. 20 April 2017. https://academic.oup.com/isr/article-abstract/19/1/6/3745335?redirectedFrom=fulltext 

Ideas 

Rousseau, Cécile, B. Heidi Ellis, and John D. Lantos. “The Dilemma of Predicting Violent Radicalization” Pediatrics, September 2017 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/09/14/peds.2017-0685  

Meserole, Chris. “Radicalization, Laïcité, and the Islamic Veil” Religional. April 25, 2016 https://religional.org/2016/04/25/french-connection-part-ii-radicalization-laicite-and-the-islamic-veil/  

Ebner, Julia. “The Extremism Paradox with Julia Ebner” Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). 26th October 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNAQ_qN-e0U  

Intervention demographics 

Niconchuk, Michael. “Our Brains on Conflict: Trauma, Healing, and the Politics of Fear: An Interview with Mike Niconchuk” Europe Now Journal. February 1, 2017. https://www.europenowjournal.org/2017/01/31/our-brains-on-conflict-trauma-healing-and-the-politics-of-fear-an-interview-with-mike-niconchuk/ 

Ellis, Heidi, and Saida Abdi. “Building community resilience to violent extremism through genuine partnerships”American Psychologist, April 2017. http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-13879-009?doi=1  

Saltman, Erin Marie, and Ross Frenett. “Female Radicalization to ISIS and the Role of Women in CVE” Hedayah, The Global Center on Cooperative Security. 2016 http://www.hedayahcenter.org/Admin/Content/File-44201684919.pdf  

Political violence 

Rand, Dafna, and Anthony Vassalo. “Bringing the Fight Back Home: Western Foreign Fighters in Iraq and Syria” Center for a New American Security, August 2016. https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/183327/CNAS_ForeignFighters_Rand_Vassalo.pdf  

Staniland, Paul. “States, insurgents, and wartime political orders” The Pearson Institute. June 2012 https://thepearsoninstitute.org/sites/default/files/2017-02/4.%20Staniland_States%2C%20insurgents.pdf