Perspectives on Countering Extremism

Shashi Jayakumar is Head of the Centre of Excellence for National Security, and Executive Coordinator of Future Issues and Technology, at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the editor of Terrorism, Radicalisation & Countering Violent Extremism (2019).

• List of figuresList of tablesContributors Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Shashi Jayakumar2 France’s Muslims, Secularism and Radicalisation Farhad Khosrokhavar3 Evidence-inspired Prevention of Violent Extremism in the Belgian City of Mechelen: Evaluation and Recommendations Alexander Van Leuven4 BURO ZEND-UIT, a pilot study on co-creating resilience in the Netherlands Stijn Sieckelinck5 Early prevention with workshops at schools in Aarhus Christian Damgaard Kristoffersen and Anne Sofie Skare Rasmussen6 Early Intervention and the Challenge of Radicalism in the Indonesian School System Mohammad Abdullah Darraz7 Individually Targeted Preventions in Indonesia: Effective in Theory, Tricky in Practice Cameron Sumpter8 Upstream Interventions with Individuals and Building Resilience in Communities: The UK’s Prevent Strategy Sean Arbuthnot9 Independent/Hybrid P/CVE youth work in the UK: Grassroots work beyond Prevent Fernan Osorno Hernandez10 Butig: Where Money Talks and Ideology Balks – A Case Study Justin Richmond and Reed Mikkelsen11 Bringing Them Home: Building a Trusted Support Framework for the Safe Return of Women and Children Associated with Foreign Fighters Clarke Jones, Kamalle Dabboussy and Alasdair Roy12 Finding the Off-Ramps: The Challenges of Diversion Programming in the P/CVE Space Amarnath Amarasingam, Brad Galloway and David Jones 13 School-based Prevention of Radicalisation and Extremism Involving Former Extremists: Insights Gained from Practice and Research in Germany Antje Gansewig and Maria Walsh

Bringing together a group of world leading experts on early intervention and diversion initiatives against extremism, this volume combines cutting edge scholarship and practical expertise. The diversity of perspectives spanning the globe and approaches included here will make this a cornerstone publication in the field. Highly recommended.