Disengaging from Violent Extremism

January 23, 2020 01:26:41
Disengaging from Violent Extremism
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Disengaging from Violent Extremism

Jan 23 2020 | 01:26:41

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Show Notes

USIP kicked off our VEDR initiative to progress past conventional notions of deradicalization—which generally focus on transforming a person’s beliefs about ideologies—and instead develop a systemic approach that simultaneously encourages disengagement and builds social cohesion and community resilience to prevent the reoccurrence of violence.

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