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<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="About the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence">pa9GU6o18CU</youtube> The '''International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence''' '''(ISCR)''' is a terrorism research institute based at [[King's College London]]. It is a collaboration between King's College, the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, the [[Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya]] in Israel and the [[Regional Center on Conflict Prevention]] in Jordan. It is headed by the [[King's College London|King's College]] terrorism expert [[Peter Neumann]].

==Origins, history and launch==
ISCR was launched in January 2008 but appears to have been planned at least by early 2007. Its website was registered on 16 April 2007 and it was registered as a UK company limited by guarantee (i.e. without shares) on 28 August 2007. The first press reference to ISCR is an article in The ''Times Higher Education Supplement'' on 23 November 2007. <ref>Rebecca Attwood, 'Anti-terror funds awarded', ''Times Higher Education Supplement'', 23 November 2007; p.5 No. 1821</ref> 
[[Image:Jaqui Smith.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]] sets out the Government's new initiative in a speech to the conference]]
ISCR's was launched at a conference in London which it called the '[[First International Conference on Radicalisation and Political Violence]]'. The conference, which took place on 17 and 18 January 2008, attracted controversy over a month earlier when it was revealed that [[Avi Dichter]], the former head of the [[Shin Bet]] internal security agency, had planned to attend, but that Israel's foreign and justice ministries had advised him not to in case he was arrested for alleged war crimes. <ref>Rory McCarthy, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/dec/07/israelandthepalestinians.foreignpolicy NewsWorld newsIsraelIsraeli minister cancels UK trip in fear of arrest]', The Guardian, 7 December 2007</ref> [[Avi Dichter|Dichter]] headed Shin Beth when it helped plan the assassination of Hamas military commander Saleh Shehada in July 2002. The operation killed Shehada's wife and nine children. <ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7130594.stm Israeli avoids UK arrest threat],BBC News Online, 6th December 2007</ref> That early report aside, the most newsworthy aspect of the event was a speech by the UK Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]] on the morning of the first day <ref>Tom Patterson, ''The Journal'' (Newcastle),17 January 2008; p.2</ref> launching the government's new anti-terror intiative. Speaking to the BBC's Radio 4 ''Today'' programme before her speech, Smith said there were specific examples of websites that "clearly fall under the category of gratifying terrorism" and that, "There is growing evidence people may be using the internet both to spread messages and to plan specifically for terrorism." [[Image:ISCR Panel.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A panel at the conference featuring (from left to right) [[Daniel Benjamin]], [[Sadig Al-Mahdi]], [[Nick Fielding]], [[Richard Dearlove]] and [[Frank Gardner]].]]<ref>quoted in Hélène Mulholland, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jan/17/uksecurity.terrorism Government targets extremist websites]', guardian.co.uk, 17 January 2008</ref> The government's new initiative coincided with ISCR's first major research 'Countering Online Radicalisation', and no doubt ISCR's launch and the launch of the government's new terrorism initiative were deliberately timed.

Other keynote speakers at the event included US Senator [[Chuck Hagel]], the Vice-President of Colombia [[Francisco Santos Calderon]], the former President of Ireland [[Mary Robinson]], and  the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe [[Terry Davis]]. Several prominent terrorism experts and commentators featured as panelists including the [[Terrorexpertise:BBC|BBC's]] [[Frank Gardner]], [[Olivier Roy]], [[Peter Bergen]] of the [[New America Foundation]], [[Richard Dearlove]] (former head of [[MI6]]) and [[Daniel Benjamin]] of the [[Brookings Institution]]. <ref>[[Media:ICSR, First International Conference on Radicalisation and Political Violence.pdf|PDF Copy]] of 'First International Conference on Radicalisation and Political Violence', <http://www.icsr.info/conference.php?id=3>, created 22 August 2009</ref>
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==Structure and personnel==
[[Image:Peter Neumann.jpg|thumb|200px|left|ICSR's director [[Peter Neumann]]]]
[[Image:ICSR logos.JPG|thumb|150px|right|The logos of the four collaborating institutions - [[King's College London]], the [[University of Pennsylvania]], the [[Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya]] and the [[Regional Center on Conflict Prevention]].]]
ICSR was incorporated as a UK company limited by guarantee (i.e. without shares) on 28 August 2007. As of 28 August 2009 ISCR's website states that it is 'currently in the process of being registered as a charity in England and Wales', but is not registered with the Charity Commission. <ref>ICSR, [http://icsr.opendemocracy.net/SupportICSR Support ICSR], [Accessed 28 August 2009]</ref> It is headed by the [[King's College London|King's College]] terrorism expert [[Peter Neumann]], who is overseen by four academics representing each of the collaborating institutions and a small board of trustees comprising of figures from government and finance.

===Trustees===
As of 20 August 2009, the directors of International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence Ltd (essentially the organisation's trustees) were the former Canadian Prime Minister [[Kim Campbell]], the former [[Marks and Spencer]] executive [[John Sacher]] and the American former Wickes executive [[Henry Sweetbaum]], <ref>Companies House Direct, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, Appointments 20 August 2009</ref> the latter of whom is the organisation's chairman. <ref>ICSR, [http://icsr.opendemocracy.net/about/governance Governance], [Accessed 28 August 2009]</ref> 

[[Henry Sweetbaum|Sweetbaum]] is a graduate of the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]], <ref>‘[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U36821 SWEETBAUM, Henry Alan]’, ''Who's Who 2009'', A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2008</ref> which may explain his involvement. [[Kim Campbell]] is Secretary General of the [[Club de Madrid]] <ref>Club de Madrid, [http://www.clubmadrid.org/cmadrid/index.php?id=42 Structure and Organisation > Board of Directors > Kim Campbell] [Accessed 28 August 2009]</ref> which organised the '[[International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security]]' in 2005, for which ICSR's director [[Peter Neumann]] was Academic Director. <ref>see [[Peter Neumann|Peter Neumann page]]</ref>

[[Kim Campbell]] and [[Henry Sweetbaum]] were involved from the offset, whilst [[John Sacher]] was appointed on 18 January 2008 following the resignation of [[Stephen Barclay]], <ref>Companies House Direct, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, Appointments 20 August 2009</ref> a Chartered Accountant, financier and a governor of the [[London School of Economics]]. Like [[Henry Sweetbaum|Sweetbaum]], [[Stephen Barclay|Barclay]] is a graduate of the [[University of Pennsylvania]].
===Directors===
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Correspondence address !! Role !! Position !! Date of birth !! Appointed on !! Resigned on !! Nationality !! Country of residence !! Occupation
|-
| Lord [[James Nicholas Bethell]] || Kings College London, Strand Campus, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 2LS || Role Active || Director || October 1967 || 10 May 2019 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Company Director
|-
| [[Avril Phaedra Douglas (Kim) Campbell]] || Kings College London, Strand Campus, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 2LS || Role Active || Director || March 1947 || 28 August 2007 ||  || Canadian ||  || Politician
|-
| [[Marc William Fleischman]] || Kings College London, Strand Campus, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 2LS || Role Active || Director || December 1966 || 31 October 2018 ||  || American || Switzerland || Company Director
|-
| Sir [[Lawrence David Freedman]] || Katie Rothman, King's College London, Icsr, Dept Of War Studies, Strand, London, England, WC2R 2LS || Role Active || Director || December 1948 || 1 August 2015 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Retired/Freelance Writer And Lecturer
|-
| [[Jeremy Michael Sacher]] || Kings College London, Strand Campus, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 2LS || Role Active || Director || September 1955 || 4 October 2016 ||  || British || England || Retail Consultancy
|-
| [[Patricia Lorna Cullen]] || 59 Gresham Gardens, London, NW11 8PA || Role Resigned || Secretary ||  || 28 August 2007 || 1 September 2010 || British ||  || 
|-
| [[Stephen John Rickatson]] || Strand Bridge House, Lower Ground Floor, 138-142 Strand, London, WC2R 1HH || Role Resigned || Secretary ||  || 1 September 2010 || 31 July 2014 || British ||  || 
|-
| [[Stephen John Barclay]] || 71 Raynham, Norfolk Crescent, London, W2 2PQ || Role Resigned || Director || April 1942 || 28 August 2007 || 15 November 2007 || British || England || Company Director
|-
| Ambassador [[Omar Ghobash]] || Katie Rothman, King's College London, Icsr, Dept Of War Studies, Strand, London, England, WC2R 2LS || Role Resigned || Director || June 1971 || 1 August 2015 || 22 August 2017 || United Arab Emirates || United Arab Emirates || Diplomat
|-
| Dr [[Azeem Ibrahim]] || Kings College London, Strand Campus, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 2LS || Role Resigned || Director || March 1976 || 9 August 2016 || 23 July 2018 || British || Scotland || Company Director
|-
| [[Gretchen King]] || Kings College London, Strand Campus, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 2LS || Role Resigned || Director || April 1982 || 31 October 2018 || 2 February 2021 || American || United Arab Emirates || Company Director
|-
| [[Simon John Sacher]] || 16 Clifton Villas, London, W9 2PH || Role Resigned || Director || June 1940 || 18 January 2008 || 30 August 2016 || British || England || Retired Company Director
|-
| The Hon Sir [[David Daniel Sieff]] || Icsr, Lower Ground Floor, 138-142 Strand, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 1HH || Role Resigned || Director || March 1939 || 7 October 2010 || 7 December 2015 || British || United Kingdom || Company Director
|-
| [[Jonathan David Sieff]] || King's College London, Icsr, Dept Of War Studies, Strand, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 2LS || Role Resigned || Director || June 1966 || 18 May 2016 || 12 February 2022 || British || United Kingdom || Company Director
|-
| [[Henry Alan Sweetbaum]] || King's College London, Icsr, Dept Of War Studies, Strand, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 2LS || Role Resigned || Director || November 1937 || 7 December 2015 || 26 May 2022 || American || United Kingdom || Company Director
|-
| [[Henry Alan Sweetbaum]] || 11 Park Village West, London, NW1 4AE || Role Resigned || Director || November 1937 || 28 August 2007 || 7 December 2015 || American || United Kingdom || Company Director
|}

===Leadership===
*[[Lawrence Freedman]]; King’s College London 
*[[Boaz Ganor]]; Interdisciplinary Centre, Herzliya, Israel 
*[[Yasar Qatarneh]]; Regional Center on Conflict Prevention 
*[[Harvey Rubin]]; MD, University of Pennsylvania

===Staff===
*[[Peter Neumann]]; Director 
*[[Debbie Berger Fox]]; CFO and Project Manager 
*[[Marilyn Carsley]];Project Assistant 
*[[Dina Esfandiary]]; Project Assistant 
*[[Jacob Stoil]]; Operations Manager
*[[Stephen Tankel]]; Research Fellow
*[[Steve Tatham]]; Associate Fellow

==Funding==
Donors ranked by amounts 2008-14:<ref>Source: FoI request to [[Kings College]].</ref>
*1	[[Atkin Charitable Foundation]]	£907,895
*2	[[Wolfson Family Charitable Trust]]	£175,000
*3	[[Jeremy and John Sacher Charitable Trust]]	£120,000
*4	[[Public Safety Canada]]	£99,763
*5	[[Clore Duffield Foundation]]	£75,000
*6	[[Community Security Trust]]/[[Gerald Ronson Charitable Foundation]]	£62,500
*7	[[European Union]]	£60,000
*8	[[Smith Richardson Foundation]]	£57,979
*9	[[Gerda Henkel Stiftung]]	£57,152
*10	[[START]], University of Maryland	£53,133
*11	[[Henry Sweetbaum|Henry]] and [[Annie Sweetbaum]]	£45,151
*12	[[Australian High Commission]]	£33,032
*13	UK [[Home Office]]	£31,479
*14	[[Daniel Peltz Trust]]	£30,000
*15	[[National Defense University]]	£28,973
*16	[[Netherlands Government]]	£24,707
*17	[[Pears Foundation]]	£20,000
*18	[[ICNC]]	£16,520
*19	[[University of Pennsylvania]]	£13,507
*20	[[Rockefeller Foundation]]	£13,237
*21	[[Rena David|Rena]] and [[Sami David]]	£12,238
*22	[[David Sieff]]	£10,000
*23	[[Moss Family Charitable Trust]]£10,000
*24	[[Ahmadiyya Association]]	£9,000
*25	[[Alliance and Bernstein]]	£3,500

In addition there were eight redacted donations totalling £122,425.

==Contact, References and Resources==
===Contact===
:Website [http://www.icsr.info/ www.icsr.info]
===Resources===
*[[First International Conference on Radicalisation and Political Violence]]

===References===
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