New Approaches to Countering Terrorism

Hamed El-Said is Chair and Professor of International Business and Political Economy at the Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He has acted as an advisor to the United Nations Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force and to the Arab Thought Forum. El-Said is best known for his work on economic and political reforms in the Arab World, the social and economic impact of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Stablisation and Structural Adjustment Lending Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa, and the rise of Islamists in the Arab World. His recent works include Globalization, Democratization and Radicalization in the Arab World (with Jane Harrigan, Palgrave, 2011) and Deradicalizing Violent Extremists: Learning from Counter Radicalization and De-radicalization programmes of Muslim-Majority States (with Jane Harrigan, 2013).

• 1. Introduction 2. Counter De-Rad: Setting the Framework 3. Radicalization in a Western Context: The Case of Australia 4. Counter Radicalization and Deradicalization in a Western Context: The Case of Australia 5. Mauritania: From Toleration to Violent Islam 6. Singapore: Crisis of Identity, Shared Values and Religious Rehabilitation 7. Sudan: Deradicalization and Counter Radicalization in a Radicalizing Environment 8. From Militarization to Democratization: The Transformation of Turkey's Counter Terrorism Strategy 9. Conclusion and Some Remarks

“Hamel El-Said evaluates several ‘Counter Radicalization and De-Radicalization Programs’ in several nation states or regions of the world. … the study is full of insights on how and why de-radicalization works and fails. It is a good and timely book.” (Huseyin Cicek, Journal of Global Analysis, Vol. 6 (2), 2016)