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Recruitment & Radicalization

Like any organization, terrorist groups must recruit to sustain their membership. How terrorist organizations radicalize and recruit new members continues to change and evolve, especially with use of social media and encrypted messaging apps. Explore our reports, articles, and other commentary about terrorist radicalization and recruitment below.

June 30, 2026

Remotely Coerced Violence: 764, The Com Network, and the Hybridization of Threats

Marc-André Argentino, Angus Lindsay

February 19, 2026

Crime and Punishment: How International Cooperation Led to the Landmark Conviction of Two Islamic State Brothers in Portugal

Nuno Tiago Pinto

True Crime Community: Understanding the Depths of Digital Fandom and Performative Violence

Peter Smith, Cat Cadenhead, Clara Broekaert

January 21, 2026

From Adolescence to Accountability: Prosecuting Teenagers for Terrorist-related Offenses in Europe

Tanya Mehra, Merlina Herbach

July 24, 2025

From TikTok to Terrorism? The Online Radicalization of European Lone Attackers since October 7, 2023

Nicolas Stockhammer

December 20, 2024

Evaluating ‘Transnationalism’ as an Analytical Lens for Understanding REMVE Terrorism

Graham Macklin

August 13, 2024

A ‘Hotbed’ or a Slow, Painful Burn? Explaining Central Asia’s Role in Global Terrorism

Noah Tucker, Edward Lemon

A View from the CT Foxhole: William Braniff, Director, Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Kristina Hummel, Samuel Bowles

April 28, 2023

The Islamic State Somalia Propaganda Coalition’s Regional Language Push

Lucas Webber, Daniele Garofalo

March 23, 2023

A View from the CT Foxhole: Jessica White and Galen Lamphere-Englund, Co-Conveners, Extremism and Gaming Research Network

Kristina Hummel, Madeleine Biscaichipy