“This is why Grandmother Mary Johnson got her concealed carry permit online.” “Iranian sleeper cells are active in the US right now.” “VETERANS: New legislation lets you get your concealed carry ...

Dilwar Hussain MBE is a Fellow at ISD UK and an independent consultant on social policy, community relations and Islam in the modern world. Most recently, he was a Special Adviser to the UK Prime ...

Last week, on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Republic of Croatia and UN Women convened the G77 and Emerging Partners Ministerial Roundtable, “Addressing ...

A South Carolina teenager recently pled guilty to conspiracy charges after pledging allegiance to Islamic State (IS), illustrating the increase in juvenile radicalization by global extremist ...

Heading into the US midterms, voters are increasingly turning to AI to obtain information about politics and elections. ISD’s Director of Civic Innovation Max Read spoke to The Hill about this ...

ISD convened high-level stakeholders to discuss emerging hybridised threats and future-proof countermeasures at two events in Berlin. The hybridised threat landscape that democracies face today is ...

Recent acts of violence linked to subcultures of nihilistic violence have captured the discourse on youth radicalization. However, the broader trend of youth radicalization is not confined to these ...

In the lead up to and since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, there have been numerous news reports and coverage highlighting how TikTok has been used to spread misinformation related to events on ...

After two decades of gains for LGBTQ+ visibility and rights in many countries, anti-LGBTQ+ targeted hate and rhetoric are on the rise. Offline, there has been a surge of reported hate crimes and book ...

So how do conspiracists believe this shadowy cabal is implementing the ‘New World Order’? While there is no definitive set of claims, believers of the conspiracy generally point to a mix of the ...

Subcultures of nihilistic violence have emerged as a central threat, targeting and manipulating young people online. ISD defines nihilistic violence as violent acts lacking an ideological motivation ...

Since 2021, a distinct model of white supremacist organizing (dubbed ‘White Nationalism 3.0’) has gained traction across Canada. The model serves as the organizational foundation for so-called ‘Active ...