Karin von Hippel | A Counter-radicalization Strategy for a New U.S. Administration

PCR Project Co-Director Karin von Hippel recently published an article in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, "A Counter-radicalization Strategy for a New U.S. Administration."  Based on a model first implemented by the British in Northern Ireland and Greece to isolate terrorist networks from the communities in which they operate, Karin von Hippel presents analysis and policy recommendations for the new administration to offset extremism in the Arab and Muslim world.  The factors that have most contributed to an "enabling environment" have not been adequetly addressed by U.S. development policy overseas.  U.S. interventions fail to hold governments responsible to their people and this hypocrisy contributes to anti-American sentiments in the Arab and Muslim world.  While the rhetoric to support good governance, accountability, and education is present, the allure of extremist ideology remains poorly understood and the most effective “soft power” tools to divide terrorist networks from the communities in which they operate have been overlooked.