Rohan Gunaratna - Civil Society Organizations Against Terrorism: Case Studies From Asia

With recent changes in social and political landscapes around the world the focus of preventive counter-terrorism has shifted in many places from government to civil society.

The contributors analyse the different approaches of Civil Society Organizations in preventing and countering violent extremism in various countries in South and Southeast Asia. The cases examined include Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The key emphasis is on understanding the contest within which each example was initiated, and the factors that determined their relative success or failure. The evidence from these cases suggests that much can be achieved through empowering communities to engage in aiding both the indoctrinated and those who face the greatest risk of radicalization.

A valuable contribution to the literature on preventing and countering violent extremism.

Rohan Gunaratna is Professor of Security Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technology University, and founder of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), Singapore. He received his Masters from the University of Notre Dame in the US, where he was a Hesburgh Scholar, and his doctorate from the University of St Andrews in the UK, where he was a British Chevening Scholar. A former Senior Fellow at the Combating Terrorism Centre at the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Gunaratna was invited to testify on the structure of al Qaeda before the 9/11 Commission. The author of 17 books, including Inside al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror (University of Columbia Press), Gunaratna edits the Insurgency and Terrorism Series published by Imperial College Press, London. A trainer for national security agencies, law enforcement authorities, and military counter-terrorism units, he interviewed terrorists and insurgents in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Saudi Arabia and other conflict zones. For his achievements in advancing international security cooperation, Gunaratna received the Major General Ralph H. Van Deman Award in June 2014.

Mohd Mizan Aslam is Professor of Security Studies at the Naif Arab University for Security Studies (NAUSS), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is also a senior academician at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), and founder and first director of the Malaysian Research Institute of Strategic Studies (MyRISS). Mizan was conferred Honorary Major by Malaysian Armed Forces in 2016 due to his contributions in security and CVE initiatives. He is also a national expert panel in rehabilitation programmes to terrorist inmates nationwide. He is a writer for numerous books, conference papers, journals, proceedings, newspapers, magazines, keynote speakers, and a TV and news columnist. Mizan is actively involved in fellowships abroad, including membership of the Executive Council of Benevolent Fund for Outstanding Students (BFOS), Hadramowt, Govt of Yemen and Executive Advisor QATAR Guest Centre, Doha Qatar. Mizan held a position as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Arts & Humanities, Universitas Ubudiyah Indonesia (UUI), Acheh, Indonesia. He was also appointed as Visiting Professor at the Centre for Civilization & Peace Study, Ibnu Haldun University, Besheksehir, Istanbul, Turkey in 2017. He is involved in developing a National Action Plan on CVE with the Home Ministry of Malaysia and has also been appointed as a Senior Fellow at the Global Peace Institute (GPI), London.

Routledge Studies in the Politics of Disorder and Instability
This series brings together research on issues involving dissent, disorder, rebellion, revolution and governability at national, regional and comparative levels. Focusing on the political, social and economic causes of these phenomena and analysing case studies from around the world. It aims to develop our understanding of both the details of individual examples and the common characteristics of international trends.

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International Case Studies of Terrorist Rehabilitation

Edited by Rohan Gunaratna and Sabariah Hussin

Deradicalisation and Terrorist Rehabilitation

A Framework for Policy-making and Implementation

Edited by Rohan Gunaratna and Sabariah Hussin

Terrorist Deradicalisation in Global Contexts

Success, Failure and Continuity

Edited by Rohan Gunaratna and Sabariah Hussin

Terrorist Rehabilitation and Community Engagement in Malaysia and Southeast Asia

Edited by Mohd Mizan Aslam and Rohan Gunaratna

Civil Society Organisations Against Terrorism

Case Studies from Asia

Edited by Rohan Gunaratna and Mohd Mizan Aslam

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Mohd Mizan Aslam is Professor of Security Studies at the Naif Arab University for Security Studies (NAUSS), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mizan also a professor at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), and founder and first director of the Malaysian Research Institute of Strategic Studies (MyRISS). Mizan was conferred Honorary Major by Malaysian Armed Forces in 2016 due to his contribution in security and CVE initiatives. He is also a national expert panel in rehabilitation programmes to terrorist inmates nationwide. He is a writer of numerous books, conference papers, journals, proceedings, newspapers, magazines, keynote speakers, and TV and news columns. Mizan is actively involved in fellowship abroad as a member of the Executive Council of Benevolent Fund for Outstanding Students (BFOS), Hadramowt, Govt. of Yemen and Executive Advisor QATAR Guest Centre, Doha Qatar. Mizan held a position as Adjunct Professor at School of Arts & Humanities, Universitas Ubudiyah Indonesia (UUI), Acheh, Indonesia. He was also appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Civilization & Peace Study, Ibnu Haldun University, Besheksehir, Istanbul, Turkey in 2017. He is involved in developing a National Action Plan on CVE with the Home Ministry of Malaysia and has also been appointed as a Senior Fellow at the Islamic and Strategic Studies Institute (ISSI-CONCAVE).