Terrorism, Radicalisation & Countering Violent Extremism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Terrorism, Radicalisation, and CVE: Practical Considerations and Concerns

      • Shashi Jayakumar

      Pages 3-15

3. Ground-Level and Community Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Mentoring and Deradicalisation

      • By a former mentor in Aarhus, Denmark

      Pages 19-28

   3. Effective Community Engagement: Back to the Basics to Counter Violent Extremism and Other Youth Crimes

      • Clarke Jones

      Pages 29-41

   4. Between Deradicalisation and Disengagement: The Re-engagement of the Radical Actor?

      • Bartolomeo Conti

      Pages 43-56

4. Best Practices

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. Are There ‘Best Practices’ in Deradicalisation? Experiences from Frontline Intervention and Comparative Research

      • Daniel Koehler

      Pages 59-68

   3. Belgium: Preventing Radicalisation on a Local Level and Working for an Inclusive Society

      • Maarten De Waele

      Pages 69-78

5. Theatres

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. A Dangerous Displacement Crisis: The Psychological Ecology of Extremism After the Fall of ISIS

      • Michael Niconchuk

      Pages 81-99

   3. Russia and ISIS: A New Phase of the Old Conflict?

      • Ekaterina Sokirianskaia

      Pages 101-114

6. Communication/Social Media

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. The Rise, Fall and Rise of ISIS Media, 2017–2018

      • Mina al-Lami

      Pages 117-134

   3. If You Can’t Sacrifice Your Life, Sacrifice Your Data: Online Activism of Indonesian ISIS Supporters

      • Nava Nuraniyah

      Pages 135-148

This book brings together research that covers perspectives and case studies on terrorism, radicalisation and countering violent extremism (CVE). Written by experts involved in these issues at the grassroots, the book bridges the academic-practitioner gap in the field. The proliferation of academic studies and conferences devoted to these subjects has meant that policymakers and practitioners in the same fields sometimes struggle to digest the sheer volume of academic output. The same critical questions keep coming up, but it is debatable the level to which there have been tangible improvements to our real state of knowledge: knowledge in especially in terms of what “best practices” exist in the field (and what can be translated, versus what approaches remain context and location specific). 



Written in an accessible manner for the general interested reader, practitioners, and policymakers in the field, this volume comprises edited versions of papers presented at CVE workshops run by the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2016 and 2017.

• Mentoring and de-radicalization
• Preventing radicalisation on a local level in Belgium
• ‘Best practices’ in de-radicalization
• De-radicalization & Frontline Intervention
• Effective Community Engagement & de-radicalization
• Online Activism of Indonesian ISIS Supporters
• Rise, Fall and Rise of ISIS media
• Countering Violent Extremism in Australia
• Psychological Ecology of Extremism
• Russia and ISIS
• Between De-radicalisation and Disengagement
• terrorism

• Centre of Excellence for National Security, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

  Shashi Jayakumar

Shashi Jayakumar was educated at Oxford University where he studied History (BA 1997, D.Phil, 2001). He was a member of the Singapore government Administrative Service from 2002-2017. During this time, he was posted to various Ministries, including the Ministry of Defence. He has been the Head of CENS since 2015.

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