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Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out

  • Written by: Bernard Loesi, PhD Candidate in International Studies, University of Washington
imageAlleged members of Jemaah Islamiyah behind bars at the South Jakarta court detention house on April 7, 2009.Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images

Terrorism remains a persistent threat to nations around the world.

Indeed, the Global Terrorism Index, an annual chronicle of terrorism trends, found in its latest report that the number of countries that...

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