Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/197640 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
DIIS Report No. 2017:01
Publisher: 
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen
Abstract: 
Counter-narratives are routinely suggested as responses to the vast amounts of propaganda available online, from groups such as Islamic State and al-Qaeda; and the idea of using them to prevent terrorism is gaining momentum. International organisations such as the EU and UN are including them in their CVE strategies, leading to a push for member states to do the same, in spite of a great deal of criticism and lack of any actual evidence that counter-narratives are an effective method. Taking its point of departure in three counter-narrative initiatives introduced in the third Danish national action plan on countering and preventing extremism and radicalisation, this report explores the challenges related to using counter-narratives within the Danish preventive framework in particular and in CVE strategies in general. The report finds that broad counter-narrative campaigns are neither necessary nor appropriate, and that the potential negative side-effects are not acceptable when measured against the expected benefits. The report ends by suggesting alternative approaches.
ISBN: 
978-87-7605-859-3
Document Type: 
Research Report

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