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PAVE synthesis reportOnline and offline (de-)radicalisation in the Balkans and MENA region
This report provides a synthesis of studies on vulnerability and resilience of communities to religious and ethno-political radicalisation in the Western Balkans and MENA region. It summarises findings relating to trends in ethno-political and religious extremism and online vs. offline dynamics of radicalisation.
- Year2022

PAVE working paper 1:Cumulative extremisms in the Balkans
This report summarises the PAVE project’s findings on cumulative extremism in the Western Balkans.
- Year2022
- Author(s)Sead Turčalo, Jelena Brkić-Šmigoc, Mirza Smajić, Veldin Kadić, Muamer Hirkić, Maja Halilovic Pastuovic, Goran Tepšić, Nemanja Džuverović, Gillian Wylie

PAVE working paper 3:Interactions between states and religious institutions in the Balkans
Interactions between states and religious institutions in the Western Balkans are intricate and can have an impact on fuelling or preventing violent extremism. Two countries in the Western Balkans were the focus of the PAVE project’s research for this report: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
- Year2022
- Author(s)Maja Halilovic Pastuovic, Goran Tepšić, Nemanja Džuverović, Sead Turčalo, Jelena Brkić-Šmigoc, Mirza Smajić, Veldin Kadić, Muamer Hirkić, Gillian Wylie

PAVE working paper 4:Interactions between states and religious institutions in the MENA region
The PAVE research project found that political and religious institutions in the MENA region have played an important role in the rise of violent extremism. Research data from five different field studies produced in Lebanon, Iraq and Tunisia on the topic are compiled in this report.
- Year2022
- Author(s)Rudayna Al-Baalbaky, Faiza Ayed, Juline Beaujouan, Zouheir Ben Jannet, Sadok Damak, Hmida Ennaifer, Josep García Coll, Samiha Hamdi, Marie Kortam, Hassan Laaguir, Amjed Rasheed, Fethi Rekik, Javier Ruipérez Canales, Mohammed Sharqawi, Maher Zoghlami

PAVE working paper 5:Online and offline (de-)radicalisation in the Balkans
This report zooms in on the factors of community vulnerability and community resilience to religiously inspired and ethno-political radicalisation in the Western Balkans, with a focus on Kosovo and North Macedonia.
- Year2022
- Author(s)Ramadan Ilazi, Ardit Orana, Teuta Avdimetaj, Bledar Feta, Ana Krstinovska, Yorgos Christidis, Ioannis Armakolas

PAVE synthesis reportCumulative extremisms in the Balkans and MENA region
This report compares findings on cumulative extremisms across six different countries in the Western Balkans and the MENA region. Focusing on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia, as well as Lebanon and Iraq, it is aimed to create a synthesis of different empirical insights from a set of field-based studies carried out within the context of the PAVE project.
- Year2022
- Author(s)Isak Svensson, Desirée Nilsson

PAVE synthesis reportInteractions between states and religious institutions in the Balkans and MENA region
Socio-political community dynamics in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, as well as Iraq, Lebanon, and Tunisia are impacting violent extremism, while at the same time being impacted by violent extremism. In this report, community vulnerability and resilience against violent extremism are explored by assessing the role of the absence or dysfunctions of state and religious authority figures.
- Year2022
- Author(s)Marie Kortam

PAVE working paper 6:Online and offline (de-)radicalisation in the MENA region
Among four case studies implemented in local communities in Lebanon and Tunisia, two communities were identified as resilient against and two as vulnerable towards violent extremism. This report explains the results of these empirical studies that aimed to investigate the nature of community vulnerability and resilience against violent extremism, both in their offline and online manifestations.
- Year2022
- Author(s)Faiza Ayed, Lara Azzam, Zouheir Ben Jannet, Sadok Damak, Maria El Sammak, Samiha Hamdi, Fethi Rekik, Youssef Salloum

Radikalisierung, quo vadis?Trends und Schlaglichter aus dem nationalen Expert*innenpanel
Dieser Artikel stellt zentrale Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Expert*innenbefragung zum aktuellen Radikalisierungsgeschehen in Deutschland vor. Er ist ein Kapitel im MOTRA-Monitor 2021 und somit Teil einer Reihe von MOTRA-Monitor-Veröffentlichungen zum Thema Radikalisierungsprävention.
- Year2022
- Author(s)Michaela Glaser, Beatrix Austin

Transformación de conflictos con perspectiva de géneroPerspectivas de mujeres excombatientes y mujeres asociadas a movimientos de resistencia y liberación
Este es el primer informe de incidencia política sobre la transformación de conflictos con perspectiva de género. Esta primera entrega tiene como objetivo contextualizar y revisar las políticas y prácticas actuales en las negociaciones de paz y las transiciones de posguerra, a partir de los testimonios compartidos por las miembros de la Red durante las actividades realizadas desde 2018, y complementados con referencias académicas relevantes. A través de un proceso participativo de análisis conjunto, la serie de informes de incidencia política presentará las experiencias, aspiraciones y lecciones aprendidas de las mujeres en o asociadas a los RLM con respecto a los enfoques inclusivos de género en las negociaciones de paz y la consolidación de la paz posbélica.
- Year2022
- Author(s)Claudia Cruz Almeida, Véronique Dudouet, Victoria Cochrane