{"id":19133,"date":"2015-03-19T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T03:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=19133"},"modified":"2015-03-23T09:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T22:06:44","slug":"ct-scan-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/ct-scan-5\/","title":{"rendered":"CT Scan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week\u2019s CT Scan features the Tunis attack, Australian CT laws, passport cancellations, radicalised teens, the Islamic State hostage experience, families, prison and how to study CT.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, at least 20 people were killed when two gunmen stormed<\/a>\u00a0into the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia\u2019s capital, Tunis. The incident spiked Tunisia\u2019s swelling fears that Islamic State violence is spreading from neighbouring Libya, particularly with over 7,000 Tunisians<\/a>\u00a0having joined the organisation\u2019s ranks.<\/p>\n

The controversial metadata bill continues its rocky ride, despite the Australian government\u2019s concession on increased protection of journalists\u2019 sources. See here<\/a>\u00a0for why the Sydney Morning Herald thinks that those changes are still not enough. However, reforms should be carefully considered; a survey<\/a>\u00a0found that three-quarters of Islamic Australians thought that laws passed since 9\/11 unfairly targeted Muslims. The authors caution that these experiences could add fuel to the extremist narrative that \u2018Muslims are a suppressed and victimised minority\u2019.<\/p>\n

Revelations<\/a>\u00a0that over 400 people are stopped every day by CT officials at Australian airports has bolstered anxieties that cancelling passports creates \u2018ticking time-bombs\u2019 at home (see here<\/a> and here<\/a>). Melbourne teenager Jake Bilardi\u2019s a\u00a0case in point,<\/a>\u00a0having planned to set off bombs in Melbourne as his Plan B if his travel plans were thwarted. ASPI\u2019s John Coyne considers<\/a>\u00a0what can be done about this potentially risky group; he argues the problem can\u2019t be solved with a Western approach (currently consisting of jail, control orders, surveillance and \u2018soft kumbaya strategies\u2019). He favours government-supported deradicalisation efforts delivered by \u2018moderate\u2019 Muslims.<\/p>\n

And what should we do about returning foreign fighters? Director of the German Institute of Radicalization and De-Radicalization Studies, Daniel Koehler, says<\/a>\u00a0they should be allowed to come home, because locking them out is more risky than letting them back in. Koehler points out that people who want to leave Islamic State could be some of the most \u2018valuable voices\u2019 against it; that Islamic State can provide fake passports allowing foreign fighters to return anyway; and that it\u2019s better for those people to come back to deradicalisation programs. Australian terrorism expert Nick O\u2019Brien \u00a0agrees<\/a>. Regarding potential policy initiatives, Brookings recently released a paper<\/a>\u00a0that sets out five points at which foreign fighter terrorist activity in the West can be disrupted.<\/p>\n

To shed light on radicalised youth, national broadcaster ABC released<\/a>\u00a0a piece on why young Australians are being drawn to Islamic State and what to do about it, from the perspectives of key stakeholders. Experts also observed<\/a>\u00a0that Islamic State recruiters work in the same way that paedophiles do; they build a friendship online with vulnerable teens, and by the time they meet in person, the victim is \u2018in too deep to know better\u2019.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, two Spanish journalists have offered a chilling insight into the hostage experience. Formerly captured by Islamic State, they shared their experiences including details of torture and mock executions. Repeated mock executions could explain why the victims in Islamic State beheading videos\u00a0look so calm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is the role of families in CT? On Monday, the UK rolled out a campaign<\/a>\u00a0targeted at mothers that runs ads on ethnic minority media channels, highlighting the significance of the mother-daughter relationship and encouraging open dialogue between them. This campaign runs on the premise that mothers are often the first to notice behavioural changes. Similarly, in Germany the\u00a0Hayat program<\/a> works with families to de-radicalise Islamic extremists. Listen to an interview with co-founder Daniel Koelher and hear about how he teaches families to \u2018add colour\u2019 to the \u2018black-and-white\u2019 narrative that radicals construct here<\/a>\u00a0(8 mins). Islamic State seems to think that families are important too, having just revamped its strategy<\/a>\u00a0by telling potential recruits not to speak to their families or give away signs of radicalisation.<\/p>\n

‘Prisons are a massive incubator for (Islamist) radicalization’. EU anti-terror chief Gilles de Kerchove\u2019s warning<\/a>\u00a0last year (see similar sentiments here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>) has spurred concrete action. On Saturday, Belgium announced<\/a>\u00a0that prisoners at risk of radicalising others will be isolated. France\u2014a nation with a 50% Muslim inmate population\u2014is doing the same thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, in response to last week\u2019s mention<\/a>\u00a0of the need to study CT using empirical science, four US academics in the Washington Post have provided a thoughtful counter-argument<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2026breaking off “terrorism research” as a field distinct from broader research into political violence is like studying diabetes without thinking about peoples’ eating habits. Most terrorism happens within the context of broader conflicts and is often fed by them.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because properly randomised controlled trials are often not readily available in relation to terrorism research, the academics advocate a diverse mixture of methodological approaches: \u2018If we want to know \u201cwhat works\u201d in terms of violence reduction in fragile and conflict affected states we need to thoughtfully triage between experimental and observational work.\u2019<\/p>\n

Stephanie Huang is an intern at ASPI. Image courtesy of Janos Korom Dr<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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