A leading academic institution in the heart of London, we are focused on the past, present, and future of statecraft, national security, and international order.
Who We Are
The Centre for Statecraft and National Security (CSNS) brings greater depth and expertise to the making of national security policy today, through research-led professional development and direct engagement with policymakers.
Based within the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, CSNS was founded in 2025 following the merger of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and the Centre for Grand Strategy.
What We Do
The Centre for Statecraft and National Security (CSNS) is devoted to a new way of thinking about international affairs and national security, with an emphasis on integrated approaches and long-term strategic thinking.
The Centre is committed to working with policymakers on pressing issues of real-world significance. It uses historical and other innovative approaches to better understand the immense challenges of our current age – on issues from terrorism and extremism to great power competition and the rapid pace of technological change.
Promoting Reconciliation: Lessons from the Social Psychology of Extremism and Forgiveness
By Alexandra Vázquez Botana and Sam Hibbs This Policy Brief highlights policy recommendations to promote reconciliation between antagonistic groups, drawing…
Psychosocial Antecedents of Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Extremism
By Alexandra Vázquez Botana This paper examines some of the factors that determine extremism and the willingness to forgive and…
The Fall of Ayatollah Khamenei
He became the gravedigger of the revolution that he helped lead In many respects, the story of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini…
The Struggle for the City: Urban Recovery and Dispossession in Mosul and Damascus
By Dr Craig Larkin “A walk through the old city of Mosul, Iraq, reveals an urban landscape still scarred by…
Russia’s Empire of Ruins
From blackouts in Kherson to water shortages in Luhansk, Russia’s new imperial domains in Ukraine’s occupied territories are in turmoil.…
Jihad, Sects & the City: Interviewing Tripoli’s Ex-IS fighters
By Dr Craig Larkin We recorded hours of conversations with several former Islamic State (IS) fighters from Lebanon who opened…
Visions of a New Syria
Efforts to craft a new identity for Syria will mean little if its government cannot get a grip on spiralling…
(Re) Assessing the Threat from Incel Violence: A Study of Violent Incel-Related Federal Cases in America
This article reassesses claims that the Incel movement constitutes a form of terrorism by examining its ideology, patterns of violence,…
AI-led Content Moderation Tools: Are They The Answer To Combatting Online Extremism in Canada?
Social media has proven to be a significant medium fomenting violent extremism, the circulation and...
From Generative AI to Crypto Exchanges: The Infrastructure Behind the GOYIM Token
On 1 February 2026, a meme token called GOYIM appeared on the Solana blockchain, a...
Spain’s New Neo-Nazi Networks: ‘Remigration’ and Radicalisation Online
In Spain, hostility toward immigrants is one of the most prevalent forms of online hate,...
Silent Recruitment: Extremist Child Targeting on Messaging Platforms in Indonesia
In November 2025, Indonesia’s National Police Detachment 88 (Densus 88 AT Polri), together with the...
An ‘Ode to Violence’: Extremist Exploitation of Viggle AI
New and unique online platforms are seemingly constantly cropping up, often ripe for extremist exploitation...
Extremist Nasheeds: Emerging Subcultures and the Cultivation of Radical Online Communities in Southeast Asia
This Insight relies on open-source intelligence to examine how nasheeds – Islamic hymns – are...
Undermoderated and Overlooked: Arabic Online Content on the Bondi Beach Attack
Following the heinous attack on members of the Jewish community celebrating Chanukkah on Bondi Beach...
Warning Behaviours for Right-Wing Violent Radicalisation on Online Platforms: Conceptual Challenges and Empirical Findings
This Insight draws on data from the RadiGaMe project and is funded by the German...
