Preempting Home-Grown Terrorists
When it comes to home-grown terrorists, prevention is better than repression. We should do everything in our power to avoid radicalization, to interrupt radicalization processes early, and to reintegrate radicalized individuals into our societies.
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BERLIN – Islamist terrorism has in recent years become central to security policy in Germany and many other Western countries. The terrorists’ intention is to sow mistrust and stoke fears; their aim is to weaken the democratic rule of law and to shatter citizens’ confidence in public institutions. Governments are determined to prevent this, but the reality is that frequent terror alerts tend to increase rather than reduce insecurity among our people.