BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

MODELS OF DERADICALIZATION: THE CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE FRAMEWORK

Author: Abu Salah Md. Yousuf

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2021v42n3a5

ABSTRACT

Deradicalization is one of the important areas in the field of terrorism and security studies. Though the concept is yet contested, many states and regional organizations have developed different models of deradicalization in the context of their realities. However, there are questions about the effectiveness of these models. In this respect, this study tries to understand the debates on deradicalization process and makes a comparison among the prominent models to understand the effectiveness, failures and the challenges. The paper finds that the United Kingdom (UK) focusses on education, psychological health, social services and religious issues, while Indonesia adopted broader aspects like social, psychological, educational, economic and cultural factors in their deradicalization process. On the other hand, the European Union (EU) developed different instruments for deradicalization and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) focussed on restorative justice for deradicalization. Nevertheless, there is still no effective mechanism to measure the success of deradicalization models. Therefore, developing a proper framework remains a challenge. In addition, the study identifies some of the challenges of the deradicalization process including lack of trained staff, understanding the roots of radicalization, developing proper deradicalization mechanism for a particular individual, etc.