If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the past 20 years, it’s that the War on Terror largely failed: radicalization is rampant and The Taliban control more of Afghanistan than in 2001. However, the war on terror also obscured the war we didn’t fight. For one, it must break from old practices that focused predominantly on one ideology and must evolve to recognize extremist threats in their many different forms. That focus on engaging religious civil society in the Islamic world must be a key part of the new War of Terror. This one-two punch of prevention and persuasion is the right foundation for a long-term American, Western, and global plan to fight the new terror threat.

Source: thestar September 11, 2021 10:18 UTC