Title: The new type of perpetrator, the right-wing “lone wolf” and the underestimation of the virtual dimension Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-35442-8_36 This publication was only published in German The sometimes harshly and unjustly criticized concept of the “lone wolf” has plausibility, as lone perpetration only relates to the planning and execution of…
https://www.sky.at/serien/22-juli-die-schuesse-von-muenchen This documentary is only available in German A city in fear On July 22, 2016, a shocking assassination attempt terrifies Munich: an 18-year-old shoots nine people at the Olympia shopping center and executes himself shortly before being arrested. Numerous rumors quickly circulate on social networks, as alleged shootings are also reported…
Right-wing terrorism. International – digital – analog (Springer 2023, 440 p.) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-40396-6#about-this-book This publication was only published in German. About: Cases of right-wing terrorism are on the rise in Western democracies. Internal security and the lives of social minorities and people in the public eye are threatened by various forms of serious acts…
In the course of the Annual Investment Meeting, EICTP President Herbert Scheibner met with the Secretary General of the Arab League. The Annual Investment Meeting (AIM Congress) is an initiative of the AIM Global Fundation, an independent international organization that works to strengthen the global economy by supporting effective promotional strategies and creating opportunities for…
On April 11, EICTP invited selected partners and experts to a personal exchange with Serge Stroobands, MA, Head of the Europe and MENA Department of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in Vienna. In addition to various press briefings, the latest developments of the “Global Terrorism Index” of the IEP and regions at risk…
In an exciting exchange of views, EICTP President Herbert Scheibner will travel to Brussels in March 2023 to meet with the EU Counter Terrorism Office. The EU Counter Terrorism Office acts as Europol’s counterterrorism information hub, providing unique opportunities for law enforcement agencies in EU member states and beyond to share information and intelligence. Of…
At the end of February, there was a visit to the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in Vienna, H.E. Ambassador Magdi A. Mofadal, who is stationed in Vienna only since 2022, was very much looking forward to the exchange with representatives of the EICTP to discuss possible projects of the development of the civil…
Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, HE Haitam Abu Alfoul invited to a meeting in Vienna on February 10. Topics were cooperation with Jordanian institutes and universities in the field of extremism prevention and counterterrorism.
On February 8, EICTP President Herbert Scheibner visited the Egyptian Ambassador to Austria HE Mohamad Elmolla to discuss possible contacts and cooperation in the field of Counterterrorism and Prevention of Extremism with similar institutions and universities in Egypt.
Often wrongly criticized, the concept of right-wing lone-actor terrorists is plausible since it only concerns planning and execution. Often also named “lone wolves”, lone-actor terrorists definitely take part in large ideological groups and must be considered in the light of large societal contexts. In other words, white supremacy, QAnon, Reichsbürger, Identitarianism, Incels, etc. must be…
For several months now, concerted actions by climate activists in various European countries and metropolises have regularly made headlines. The protests are staged in a targeted manner through short-term, high-profile, provocative and media-accompanied disruptive actions. Polarizing protests against the existing climate policy, which in the view of climate activists is not sustainable enough, are still…
Dr. Wolfgang Kraushaar examines in his paper whether a radicalization has already taken place in the context of the climate protest movement or whether it is to be expected; or whether this movement could slide in parts or even as a whole into terrorism. The explosive topic shows (not only due to the fact that…