A State of Extremes
By Sir John Jenkins Recent events in Manchester, London, the Gulf, Mosul, Raqqa and Libya highlight the fragmentary nature of western policy responses to mobilised Islamism and all its works. Domestically in the UK this has been a public concern at least since the...
The Prime Minister is right to assert that Islamist ideology is one of the key threats of our time
Theresa May hit exactly the right notes in her statements on successive days on the weekend’s atrocity in London. Language is important — and three aspects of her carefully chosen words stand out. First, the Prime Minister asserted that Islamist ideology is one...
The Prime Minister says online extremism must be tackled – and here’s how
In her first statement after the London Bridge terrorist attack Prime Minister Theresa May called for decisive action to prevent the internet being used as a ‘safe space’ for extremism. While the processes of radicalisation of the three as-yet-unidentified attackers...
Police can’t stop terror alone – we must do more
Last week’s attack in Manchester confirms that jihadist terrorism poses the greatest threat to British national security. Much of what has emerged so far about the bomber, Salman Abedi, fits a typical profile: a man in his 20s, raised in an immigrant family in the UK...
