counterTheoretical debates abound regarding the relative utility and practicality of deradicalization, which includes a cognitive and attitudinal shift away from extremist ideologies and violence, and ...

It’s been less than two years since the Islamic State declared its own caliphate across wide stretches of Iraq and Syria, and already tens of thousands of foreigners have traveled to the region to ...

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Not long after his 19th birthday, David Vallat, a native Frenchman born to a secular family, converted to Islam. He was having an “existential crisis” and his new faith helped him curb his juvenile ...

The Obama administration is holding the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). It is another laudable attempt to try to understand violent activism, its supportive ideologies and other causes ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The London Bridge terror attack has raised fresh questions over the controversial practice of government ...

Terrorist attacks in the U.S. have long been considered an outside job by radical groups operating in countries such as Pakistan or Afghanistan. But in the past year, several incidents have proven ...

The future of “deradicalization” programs in the U.S. is at a pivotal juncture this week, when a federal judge in Minnesota will decide the appropriate sentence for nine convicted Islamic State ...

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A 16-year-old stabbed a man in a parking lot in Perth, Australia. Police responded and, after two stun guns failed to incapacitate the teen, shot and killed him. The teenager had participated in ...

As questions about how to govern post-war Gaza mount, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for deradicalization of its inhabitants. It isn’t necessary and won’t work for a simple reason: Most ...