CSD-Report 35 - Situational Assessment of Extremist Trends
CSD-Report 35 - Situational Assessment of Extremist Trends

Author(s): Rositsa Dzhekova, Luděk Moravec, Pavlína Bláhová, Jan Ludvík, Libor Stejskal, Dia Anagnostou, Dimitris Skleparis, Nadya Stoynova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Public Law, Sociology, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Social development, Social differentiation, Studies in violence and power, Nationalism Studies, Migration Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Politics, Globalization, Geopolitics
Published by: Център за изследване на демокрацията
Keywords: CSD Report; Center for the Study of Democracy; CSD; Situational Assessment; Extremist; Trends
Summary/Abstract: Violent extremism is one of the major challenges Europe is currently facing. The threat is both external as well as internal as indicated by the rise in home-grown Islamist terrorists, as well as of nationalistic and anti-immigrant movements and far-right aggression. An accurate picture of the spread, nature and trends in the extremist and terrorist activity and actors is paramount to formulating strategic policy approaches and effectively allocating available resources. This publication provides a methodological framework for the establishment of a viable mechanism for monitoring and assessment of the state and developments over time in extremist acts and actors on the national level. The situational assessment is an instrument for systematic collection and analysis of statistical data, open source data and intelligence information pertaining to extremist actors and activities, for the purposes of developing regular situational reports of the spread, nature and trends in extremism and violent radicalisms. Following the application of the situational assessment tool, the publication presents main findings on extremist trends and monitoring capacities in three countries from Central and Southeast Europe: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Greece.

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