While broad-based counter-terrorism strategies aren’t very effective at preventing lone-actor attacks, community outreach efforts are having success turning troubled young lives around.
If Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen had not been Muslim, it is highly unlikely he would have been imprisoned in a Supermax facility for four weeks on flimsy evidence.
Trained and funded by Australia and the US, Detachment 88 is winning the fight against terrorism in Indonesia, though not without some controversy and continued challenges.
The bill makes it easier for states and territories to seek help from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to respond to terrorist and other violent occurrences.
Terrorists are wealthy. They’re poor. They’re Christian. They’re atheists. They come from all over. That’s why US counterterrorism efforts must be more nuanced than just barring Muslims.
A tougher security approach to terrorism may be counterproductive and could even potentially undermine the supremacy of civilian government in Indonesia.
Talks should include barriers to women’s participation in peace and security institutions, countering violent extremism, foreign fighters, sexual violence in conflict, and the Rohingya crisis.
Sylvain Antichan, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH) et Lee Jarvis, University of East Anglia
Counter-terrorism policies have social and political impacts on citizenship, identity and our perception of self and the Other. Through the British case, Lee Jarvis discusses his latest research with Sylvain Antichan.