Spotlight on Emerging threats

As vaccination programmes continue to be rolled out across Europe, and government restrictions in some places relaxed, we can begin to contemplate life after COVID. However, the work to address some of the long-lasting consequences of the pandemic on individuals and communities has only just begun.

In the last year we have seen the emergence of a new set of P/CVE threats. Not only has the pandemic accelerated a number of nascent threats emerging in early 2020 but it has also given terrorists and extremists new opportunities to radicalise and recruit.