Charlie van Mieghem
Charlie obtained a master degree in Crisis and Security Management (MSc) at Leiden University, The Hague in 2021. She specialised in the Governance of Radicalism, Extremism and Terrorism. Prior to that, she has obtained a bachelor in International Relations and Organisations and a bachelor in Latin American Studies, both at Leiden University. Charlie’s main fields of interest include the prevention of radicalisation and countering violent extremism, in particular far-right extremism and Islamist extremism.
Charlie worked with ICCT as an intern and later as the Communciations Officer. She has worked on communications, events, the publication of The Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness, (edited by prof. em. Alex P. Schmid), the podcast, and several research projects and publications. She is currently working as a policy-maker/account manager at the Dutch Zorg- en Veiligheidshuis in Rotterdam.
Key ICCT Publications:
Leidig, E. and van Mieghem, C. The US National Strategy on Countering Domestic Terrorism as a model for the EU. Policy Brief, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, 24 September 2021.
This perspective critically examines some challenges posed to the rule of law and human rights by states’ use of data-driven learning-based artificial intelligence (AI) systems for identifying individuals presenting a threat to national security.
This perspective argues that despite the concern from researchers, policymakers, and the media about terrorist’s use of financial technologies, there is little empirical evidence of the adoption of widespread sophisticated financial plots.
This research paper retells the stories of an individual’s journey to join, dwell and fight for ISIS by examining Zafirr Golamaully’s series of blogs called ‘Dusty Feet’.