🎙Episode 4 of #DecodingCounterterrorism is out now! RUSI Tune in to listen to Dr Jessica White , Raffaello Pantucci, former UN Development Dr Simon Finley and Emily Winterbotham discuss ways to integrate preventing violent extremism goals within development efforts. rusi.org/podcasts/decod…

📚 The Global Terrorism Index, launched at the European Parliament today, shows that the #Sahel is now the epicentre of terrorism, with 43% of deaths caused by terrorism occurring in the region. 1/🧵

Been a busy week but did manage to squeeze in episode on #deradicalisation & #reintegration. A real must listen for those working on DDR in the Global South & elsewhere. Some interesting insights into addressing the #FTF returnee issue too. rusi.org/podcasts/decod…

We almost look too happy when discussing #prevent…

So looking forward to my 2 year old growing up in a country not governed by the tories.

bit late listening but great to learn more about Jonathan M. Metzl & Michael Jone’s perspectives on mental health & terrorism & applying the public health model to #PVE. spolier alert: mental health explanations are rather unhelpful & public health model is not quite understood.

Is this a real account? I really hope not. I the words of Madeleine Albright “there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.”

Connections between Development and Preventing Violent Extremism rusi.org/podcasts/decod… really enjoyed this conversation w my wonderful co-host Dr Jessica White & the inimitable Emily Winterbotham & Simon Finley on the complexity of development and P/CVE RUSI RUSI_Terrorism

Brilliant episode on law enforcement & #CVE. correlations can be drawn between #VE & civilian harm. Better law enforcement is key to reducing recruitment bases for terrorist groups. with Christopher Hockey & Martin Innes.

Those arguing that “junior” doctors like me shouldn’t be well paid because we’re still “in training” and don’t yet have the skills and knowledge to deserve it should realise that I’ve had a license to practise medicine for longer than the Prime Minister’s had MP after his name.

Russia’s disintegration is “highly improbable,” Joana Deus Pereira told Foreign Policy. Even such insinuations in the West will increase “Putin’s appeal,” Joana added, giving some perspective on how nationalist Russians might see them. Read the article here: foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/17/the…

🌐Session 4 focussed on East Africa and the Horn of Africa and was chaired by Emily Winterbotham, speaking to Martin Plaut, Dr. Hassan Khannenje, SimonRynn, & Hannah Waddilove #RUSIUKAfricaConference ⬇️It's not too late to join - click the link below to tune in! rusi.org/events/confere…

Cannot wait to listen to this one. The number of times people present on how their project built #resilience without ever defining what it actually is…

Very late in posting this but this was an excellent contribution to understanding how -#far right #terrorism impacts on & is influenced by the #ukraine war.

Herts Weather Update If we had better access to BF support, if we were a BF supporting country, if we as a society understood the physiology and mechanics of how feeding works, we’d need less formula and those formula companies don’t like that. Be informed, not undermined.

With news that the Pentagon Leaks suspect was previously warned against viewing classified material, Dr Jessica White and Galen Lamphere-Englund recently reflected on how online gaming platforms intersect with social harms in a RUSI commentary. Read it here. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

After running up/downstairs to get a book for a customer and presenting her with it she said ‘oh actually I’ll just get it on Amazon’, then took a photo of it and handed it back to me. If you want bookshops to exist stop being this lady.