Combating terrorism

Combating terrorism through addressing radicalization and violent extremism has become a ubiquitous feature of national strategies, resulting in the emergence of many policies and practices directed toward countering and preventing violent extremism. These soft-power approaches aim at intervention before violence occurs. One prominent theme in the literature is that violent extremism can be prevented by developing some capacity, skill, or characteristic in individuals that prevents them from being drawn toward violent extremist ideologies or groups. The image evoked by the theories and approaches that fall within this “resilient individual” orientation is that of creating strong, critical, or flexible individuals. What do you think about this? See where the literature takes you in response to and engaging with any aspects of an individual-centered counter-radicalization approach.