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FP: Toward a Radical Solution

By Lorenzo Vidino

Recently there’s been some talk of the U.S. government following into the footsteps of several European countries and developing its own counter-radicalization program. While nothing official has been announced yet, it is well known that NCTC, State Department, DHS and other members of the U.S. counterterrorism community have been looking into the idea. I just published a piece in Foreign Policy which extrapolates 10 useful lessons from the European experience that U.S. authorities might want to consider should they decide to launch their own full-fledged counter-radicalization program. You can read the piece here.