Sunday, August 18, 2019

Defining the Concept of ‘Violent Extremism’

GCSP news

Over the past few decades, the concept of violent extremism (VE) has played an increasingly prominent role in global development policy and programming. Having gone through several incarnations, most actors are now focused on preventing and countering violent extremism. This terminology was developed in an attempt to repackage the global war on terrorism (GWOT) in such a way as to shift the focus from the overly militarized responses of the 1990s and early 2000s to methods related to social support and prevention.


Defining the Concept of ‘Violent Extremism’
https://www.gcsp.ch/publications/defining-concept-violent-extremism

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