Bridging the gaps

TO meet post 9/11 commitments, terrorism-affected states enacted counterterrorism policies and laws. CT came mainly under the centre; success depended on governance quality, LEAs’ adaptability, cooperation and federating units’ political ownership. Debate on kinetic options’ effectiveness and cost shifted attention from CT to preventing and countering violent extremism (PVE/CVE). Kinetic options could kill terrorists and dismantle their networks, but defeating ideology needed a different, lon...

By none@none.com (Mohammad Ali Babakhel)