HSPI Hosts a discussion on: “Countering Radicalization in Europe”

Featuring:

Dr. Peter Neumann
King's College London
Director
International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence

Moderated by:

Frank Cilluffo
Director
Homeland Security Policy Institute

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Event Summary

There is a growing recognition today that combating radicalization is a critical element in the overall effort to prevent and defeat the violence that emerges from it. Peter Neumann presented an overview of recent developments and analyze strategies to combat radicalization in Europe. The discussion included an examination of policies to defeat online extremism, the relationship between governments and affected communities, as well as European lessons that can be applied in the United States and elsewhere.

Peter Neumann is the author of Britain's Long War: British Strategy in the Northern Ireland Conflict 1969-98, and the co-author of The Strategy of Terrorism: How it Works, and Why it Fails. Prior to his appointment at the International Centre, he was Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, Content Director of the Club de Madrid's International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security, and served as senior advisor to the National Policy Forum on Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose in the United States in September 2005. He is a member of the Club de Madrid's expert advisory council, as well as of the editorial boards of Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and Democracy and Security.

The Homeland Security Policy Institute seeks to provide innovative leaders in the fields of national and homeland security with a forum to discuss current and future counterterrorism and counterinsurgency efforts on a regional or country-specific basis.