Our knowledge of the threat of violent extremism and how to address it will continue to increase. The size of the UN’s bureaucracy should not have to grow with it.
Author: Eric Rosand
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The GCTF model is a potentially feasible and effective remedy to address the current global pandemic and prevent future ones.
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Policymakers and practitioners have increasingly recognized the need to focus more attention on prevention—addressing the root causes of conflict, violence, and fragility rather than simply reacting to them.
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The creation of a first-ever UN Office of Counter-Terrorism and the appointment of the first full-time, under-secretary-general-level UN counterterrorism official—Russia’s Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov—should go a long way to enhance collaboration and cooperation among the dozens of UN entities working to counterterrorism and preventing violent extremism.
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Trend lines of increasing crackdowns on civil society and increasing levels of overall violence will undermine the possibility of achieving a “whole of society” CVE approach.
