C-REX-CEP Virtual Conference: 10th Anniversary of Oslo/Utøya and 20th Anniversary of 9/11 – Long-term Implications and Effects | Frances Townsend

Monday, Aug 30, 2021

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks in Oslo and the island of Utøya in Norway. These attacks perpetrated by a violent right-wing terrorist had long lasting and profound impacts on Norway as well as the transnational violent right-wing extremist and terrorist milieu.

September 11, 2021, also marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, which significantly impacted not only American society but continues to have profound geopolitical reverberations. Given the current trajectory of al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates in many regions of the globe, assessing the impact of the strategies implemented in the aftermath of 9/11 is of utmost importance as they continue to shape global counterterrorism policies.

To commemorate these tragic events, to analyze their long-term impact, and to assess the current terrorist landscape emanating from the extreme right-wing terrorist milieu as well as the Islamist terrorist scene, the Center for Research on Extremism: The Far Right, Hate Crime and Political Violence (C-REX) and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) have partnered to organize this joint conference. The event features some of the most eminent global experts and counterterrorism practitioners on this issue.

Moderator: Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director, CEP
Program:
10 Years After Oslo/Utøya
• The Long-Term Impacts of Terrorist Attacks: The Case of the July 22, 2011 Attacks in Norway | Tore Bjørgo, director, C-REX
• Breivik’s Long Shadow? The Impact of the July 22, 2011 Attacks on the Modus Operandi of Extreme-right Lone Actor Terrorists | Graham Macklin, assistant professor/postdoctoral fellow, C-REX [Not Recorded]
• From Monster to Hero? Explaining Variation in Far-right Support for Anders Behring Breivik | Lars Erik Berntzen, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, and affiliate researcher, C-REX

These presentations are based on the current issue of Perspectives on Terrorism: “The Long-Term Impacts of the July 22, 2011 Attacks in Norway – Ten Years After”

20 Years After 9/11
• The Geopolitical Impacts of the 9/11 Attacks | Frances Townsend, former U.S. Homeland security advisor, and president of CEP
• The Long-Term Impacts of the 9/11 Attacks on American Society | Mitchell Silber, former director of intelligence at the NYPD, and advisory board member of CEP
• The Long-Term Impacts of the 9/11 Attacks on Islamist Terro

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Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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