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October 14, 2016
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Violent extremism is a complex and multi-causal issue, causing human suffering and devastation around the world. Club de Madrid and the European Commission on Violent Extremism recently organized a meeting in Brussels to build bridges between governments and civil society – including media – to develop alternative and effective narratives to prevent and counter the challenges of radicalization and violent extremisms.

October 12, 2016
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Former Shattuck Center Fellow Armenak Tokmajyan has recently been awarded the Giustra Fellowship for Conflict Prevention at the International Crisis Group. Based in Istanbul, he will research issues related to Syria and expects to conduct fieldwork in places like eastern Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and European cities where there are large numbers of Syrian refugees.

September 26, 2016
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"It is time to define it [urbicide] more precisely as the deliberate destruction of urban life beyond anything that might be justified by military necessity as a way to erase identity and expel populations. It is also time to make it a crime," argue Robert Templer and AlHakam Shaar in a recent article about the urbicide taking place in Aleppo. 

September 5, 2016
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Aid recipients, particularly those working through complex political transitions, often struggle to understand the motives and methods of donors, ending up all too often submerged with well-intentioned help that causes more confusion than anything else, according to a new report released on September 5th that was authored by two experts linked to the School of Public Policy and researched by four students from the school.