Nigeria PeaceGame Highlights Potential for Violence in Upcoming Election

Nigeria PeaceGame Highlights Potential for Violence in Upcoming Election

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Widening political rifts, increasing militant attacks and plunging oil revenues are escalating the risks of more widespread violence in Nigeria’s upcoming elections, according to experts who played roles ranging from international organizations to the militant group Boko Haram, during a daylong PeaceGame exercise.

Type: Analysis

Violent ExtremismGlobal Elections & ConflictDemocracy & Governance

Inclusive Approaches to Community Policing and CVE

Inclusive Approaches to Community Policing and CVE

Thursday, September 18, 2014

By: Georgia Holmer with Fulco van Deventer

What happens when community policing—a strategy that promotes collaboration between the police and a community to ensure safety and security—is implemented in transitional societies, in marginalized communities, or to prevent violent extremism or to engage women in providing community-level security? To ensure that they are not doing more harm than good, security, gender, and peacebuilding practitioners must both expand their understanding of policing methodologies and related assumptions and...

Type: Special Report

Violent ExtremismJustice, Security & Rule of LawConflict Analysis & Prevention

Creating Spaces for Effective CVE Approaches

Creating Spaces for Effective CVE Approaches

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Unlike other counterterrorism strategies, countering violent extremism (CVE) focuses on preventing individuals from being recruited into or joining violent extremist groups. CVE is a complex endeavor, largely because the reasons individuals become involved in extremist violence are in themselves complex and the dynamics are unique to each conflict. Using Kenya as an example, and drawing on observations from a recent visit, the author explores how promoting a more nuanced understanding of radi...

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & PreventionViolent Extremism