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Addressing Terrorism: Strategies to Reduce and Contain Threats

Explore approaches to tackle terrorism, focusing on reducing and containing threats rather than complete elimination. Learn six basic methods and appropriate measures to deter and minimize terrorism support. Discuss tools, actions, and global cooperation needed.

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Addressing Terrorism: Strategies to Reduce and Contain Threats

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  1. TACKLING TERRORISM A talk-through exercise

  2. WHAT CAN BE DONE? • Not to ‘stop’ terrorism - it can be cut back/phased out here or there, but never eliminated from the human mind or the toolbox of violence • But to reduce and ‘contain’ it, discourage as many as possible from doing + supporting it, and avoid/ minimize/quickly repair the damage

  3. SIX BASIC APPROACHES • Physically stop them (catch, kill) • Outlaw and criminalize them • ‘Starve’ them by cutting off money, equipment etc • Make them change their minds and methods • Persuade others not to support them • ‘Harden’ ourselves as a target, improve resilience

  4. FOR EACH METHOD: • When and how could it be done? • With what measures and tools? • Who has to help - national or international, official or unofficial? • What institutions?? • LET’S TALK THROUGH…..

  5. PHYSICAL COERCION

  6. METHODS OF LAW AND JUSTICE

  7. CUTTING OFF SUPPLIES

  8. CHANGE THEIR MINDS

  9. CHANGE THEIR SUPPORTERS’ MINDS

  10. ‘HARDEN’ THE TARGETS

  11. SO WHICH ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS?

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