Jonathan Githens-Mazer

Jonathan Githens-Mazer is an associate professor in ethno-politics in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.

The curious case of the Tunisian 3,000

A surge of Tunisian jihadists into Syria tells much about the wider story of violence and politics after the Arab Spring.

By Jonathan Githens-Mazer, Rafael Serrano and Trahaearn Dalrymple

/ 19 Jul 2014

Questions raised and risks posed by Syrian intervention. Part Two

Part Two of an analysis of the geopolitical sectarian dynamics and possible fall-out of military intervention in Syria, looking at prospects for meaningful change, and summing up on intervention. Read Part One here.

By Jonathan Githens-Mazer

/ 30 Aug 2013

Questions raised and risks posed by Syrian intervention

Part One of a two-part analysis of the geopolitical sectarian dynamics and possible fall-out of military intervention in Syria. Read Part Two here.

By Jonathan Githens-Mazer

/ 30 Aug 2013

Google's big idea against extremism needs to learn the important maxim of political violence: "no justice, no peace"?

Google Ideas, Google's think-and-do-tank, wants to combat violent extremism by having extremists and policy makers learn from those who have renounced violence. All fine until you get to the detail: the program is to understand violence as a result of psychological need rather than taking seriousl

By Jonathan Githens-Mazer

/ 13 Jul 2011

The fiery birth of the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy: England's Summer of Discontent, ten years on

As the UK government reviews its counter-terrorism, counter-radicalisation strategy, Jonathan Githens-Mazer and Robert Lambert argue that a panicked reading of the events of summer 2001 - the attacks on the twin towers and communal riots in the north of England - have set the tone of a divisive an

By Robert Lambert and Jonathan Githens-Mazer

/ 3 Jun 2011