NATO Efficient Crisis Management to Mitigate the Effects of Terrorist Activities

From 21-25 March 2022, NATO’s Centre of Excellence Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) organized an online course on ‘NATO Efficient Crisis Management to Mitigate the Effects of Terrorist Activities.’ The course used military, police, political and academic experts to provide the principles of crisis management and case studies to examine them in practice. Stephanie Foggett, Research Fellow at The Soufan Center, delivered a lecture on ‘Crisis Management and Terrorism: Narratives and Counter-Narratives.’ “Violent groups, individuals, and movements are capitalizing on moments of crisis and transition. It remains important for security actors to understand how violent far-right extremist, white supremacist, and Salafi-jihadist groups have responded and continue to react to moments of crisis. A global climate of upheaval and transition has ripened opportunities for violent actors to capitalize and expand their reach,” concluded Ms. Foggett.