Drei Toledo
Drei Toledo is a Countering Violent Extremism specialist. She researches on ISIS Foreign Terrorist Fighters and their families.
Articles by Drei Toledo
The Dynamics of Terrorist Recruitment Across Online Platforms: Taking it to the Next Level
Trumping traditional media, the Islamic State in East Asia has gone digital to reach the masses.
Striving for Peace in the Philippines amidst Increased Combat-readiness and Continued Recruitment of Women and Children
Female and children combatants of the different terrorist groups operating in the Philippines possess a myriad of skills. For women, this includes identifying safe havens for fighters, while children help provide surveillance activities of the police and military units in the area.
The Invisible Women and Children of Malaysia: The Vulnerability of Stateless Persons to Terrorism and Violent Extremism
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Drei Toledo
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2020
Since terrorist and violent extremist groups tend to flourish in marginalized areas, no sector in today’s world is at greater risk and remains severely understudied as the stateless women and children targeted for recruitment and radicalization by terrorist organizations.
Why are CPP-NPA Terrorists Deadlier than Religious Extremists?
Armed Forces of the Philippines’ official records show that the NPA communist-terrorist group has killed 13,304 of its troops from 1975 to June 2020. This is four times the soldiers killed by the MNLF and the MILF, and 5.5 times the soldiers killed by the Abu Sayyaf Group.

