An ASEAN Way to Prevent Violent Extremism?

• Main Author: Sumpter, Cameron
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89220; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46142
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Grassroots initiatives to prevent or counter violent extremism (P/CVE) can lose legitimacy through close association with a state’s national security structure. Organisation through an institutionalised regional network may both mitigate this problem and produce constructive outcomes.