The Hub. Insights - June 2026

Welcome to the fifth issue of The Hub. Insights: 'Emerging Trends in PCVE'

The central challenge for PCVE is increasingly crisis anticipation, rather than crisis management. This issue aims to support that task by mapping emerging and highly salient trends for PCVE practitioners, policy makers, and researchers - looking at the advanced (and sometimes deceptively simple) tools extremists deploy, the digital ecosystem enabling them, and the evolving frameworks required to intercept them.

We open by exploring changing dynamics in radicalising narratives. From the modern evolution of Salafism to the transatlantic "culture wars" reshaping Europe, we analyse how narratives travel, adapt, and trigger systemic ideological spillovers. In this dynamic, we also discuss the role of ideology itself and whether extremist groups
are beginning to 'water down' their hard ideologies to increase recruitment.