Director’s Foreword ..................................2 Headlines HJS Shaped..........................18 Publications ...................................................3 Upcoming Events....................................21 Events .............................................................. 6 Upcoming Publications........................22 Media............................................................16 Supporting HJS.......................................24 reviewQuarterly WINTER 2016 Democracy Freedom Human 1 Winter 2016 RightsQuarterly Review Director’s Foreword and impacted public debate through our highly The paper discusses the new Bill, which came popular events programme, media output and under attack earlier this year for its supposed appearances, and by providing expert analysis ‘affront to civil liberties’, and argues that of events throughout the world as they unfold. examining bulk data at scale, which the Bill facilitates, will allow analysts to pursue those The last quarter saw a superb range of policy who need pursuing accurately and at speed. papers published by our different research centres. Islamist-related terrorism remained To increase exposure to the issues on which central to our efforts, with the publication of we work, we have continued to reach out to Egypt, Hamas and Islamic State’s Sinai Province the public in the past three months through our by our Centre for the New Middle East. The events series. This quarter saw us host a superb report highlights the enduring threat posed range of scholars, diplomats, and world-leading by the Islamic State’s (IS) control of Egypt’s experts, including Israeli Ambassadors Mark Dr. Alan Mendoza Sinai province, warning that if IS continues to Regev and Dore Gold, joined by prominent lose ground in Iraq and Syria, we may see historian Andrew Roberts, to defend the Balfour the organisation redoubling its efforts in other Declaration in a popular event in parliament; Welcome to the Winter edition of The Henry territories. Paul Harris – Founder of the Bar Human Rights Jackson Society’s Quarterly Review. Committee of England and Wales; and Senior Our Russia Studies Centre, which this month Editor of The Economist Ryan Avent. We were The last three months have seen the continuation marked 25 years since the fall of the Soviet also pleased to welcome a new addition to of a season of political power shifts and Union in a series of events, has published Putin’s our US affiliate, Karen Springer, as our North changes in government, this time in the USA Useful Idiots: Britain’s Left, Right and Russia, a America Director. with Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the detailed investigation into links between British November Presidential elections. While all individuals and groups and their counterparts In the New Year, voters in two of Europe’s eyes are on the USA as Trump fills his new in Russia. The report suggests that the recent largest countries – France and Germany – will Administration with appointees, the House of tendency by European and British populists head to the polls. Combined with the expected Representatives Homeland Security Committee to establish connections with Russian groups triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty released a report warning that the US faces which are funded by the Kremlin to undermine by the British Government in the first quarter the highest threat from Islamist terror since the West is cause for concern. of 2017, we are mindful that Europe’s political September ‘11. This was echoed recently when landscape will soon change significantly, and Our Student Rights campaign - The Henry ‘C’ – the head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence are preparing for all possibilities. Jackson Society’s campus extremism Service – made a rare public intervention to monitoring unit – has published Myths and I hope you enjoy our Winter Quarterly Review assert a similar threat here. Meanwhile, in the Misunderstandings: Understanding Opposition and would like to take this opportunity to thank UK, the Government has published the Casey to the Prevent Strategy. The report articulates you for your generous support and participation Review into integration, which raises alarm the ways in which an extremist-supported in our activities. over social cohesion in the UK with particular campaign has been undermining the Prevent reference to certain pockets of the Muslim Season’s greetings! Duty - the legal responsibility placed on public population, and warns that a failure to talk sector bodies, including universities, to have about the problem ‘only leaves the ground mechanisms in place to prevent individuals open for the far right on one side and Islamist from being drawn into terrorism. It examines extremists on the other’. the narrative of the anti-Prevent campaign, Throughout these waves of change, we at The refuting the myths used to make misleading Henry Jackson Society have continued to provide attacks on the policy. a voice of reason and clarity through innovative Refuting unsubstantiated claims has set the Dr. Alan Mendoza and practical research, to ensure that both the tone for another one of our policy papers Executive Director public and policy-makers have access to the this quarter - Securing the Foundations: The facts, as well as possible solutions to some of Investigatory Powers Bill and British Intelligence. today’s most pressing issues. We have shaped 2 Winter 2016 Quarterly Review Publications Myths and Misunderstandings: Understanding Opposition to The Prevent Strategy Rupert Sutton The policies adopted by the UK Government to challenge extremism have had Myths and a long development period, and since 2015, public sector bodies such as schools, universities, prisons and NHS trusts have had a legal responsibility to Misunderstandings: have an awareness and understanding of the risks posed by radicalisation, and Understanding Opposition to to ensure that their staff understand the processes around radicalisation. Referred The Prevent Strategy to as the Prevent Duty, this policy aims to identify and support individuals before they commit criminal offences or do harm to themselves or others. Despite this Centre for the Response to Radicalisation and Terrorism aim, as well as the clear threat from home-grown violent extremism in the UK, Policy Paper No. 7 (2016) a well-organised campaign to undermine Prevent has developed in recent years Rupert Sutton and has intensified since the Prevent Duty has come into force. Developed and The Henry Jackson Society September 2016 promoted by extremist groups, this campaign has since been joined by civil rights activists, union staff from sectors subject to the Prevent Duty, and students. This report examines the development of the Prevent Duty and outlines the policies and services which have been put in place to ensure those at risk of radicalisation get the support they need. It then examines the narrative of the anti-Prevent campaign, addressing the myths and misunderstandings which have grown up around the duty and breaking the criticisms down into a number of themes which are used to make misleading attacks on the policy, including accusations that anti-Muslim prejudice is an inherent part of Prevent, that the strategy chills off freedom of expression and political activism, and that it will see sector staff forced to spy on individuals within their care or using their services. It highlights the spreading of false or exaggerated stories of referrals and the exploitation of a lack of knowledge about Prevent processes, and seeks to debunk the existing myths. The report’s findings make it clear that an organised campaign to undermine the Prevent Duty does exist, and highlight the importance of providing practitioners with the tools necessary to rebut the claims made by those who oppose efforts to challenge radicalisation in the UK. Front Cover Photos: Back Cover Photos: Event: Refuting Balfour’s Detractors. Rt Douglas Murray Hon Michael Gove MP, Ambassadors Mark Regev, Dore Gold, and Alan Baker, Davis Lewin Prof Andrew Roberts, Dr. Alan Mendoza Dr. Alan Mendoza and Yair Hirschfeld Dr. Andrew Foxall Publication: The Prevent Duty in Higher Education: Managing External Speakers on Campus Event: The Wealth of Humans: Work and its Absence in the Twenty-First Century. Dr. Alan Mendoza, Ryan Avent Quarterly Review Winter 2016 3 Publications continued Putin’s Useful Idiots: Britain’s Left, Right and Russia Dr. Andrew Foxall Russian President Vladimir Putin’s flirtations with the UK have had a long history. This report provides a detailed investigation into links between individuals and groups on the Putin’s Useful Idiots: fringes of British politics and their Russian counterparts, documenting how individuals and Britain’s Left, Right organisations across the British political spectrum have established connections with Russian and Russia associates, many of which are funded or supported by the Kremlin to undermine the West. The paper reveales that over the past five years, there has been a marked tendency for European populists from both the left and the right to establish connections with Russia. In Russia Studies Centre Policy Paper No. 10 (2016) the UK, individuals, movements, and parties on both sides of the political spectrum have Dr Andrew Foxall deepened their ties with Russia. Some individuals have praised Putin and voiced their The Henry Jackson Society October 2016 support for Russia’s actions in Ukraine; others have travelled to Moscow and elsewhere to participate in events organised by the Kremlin