10 years of fighting Shabaab: Time to focus on soft power
The Star, August 2020
Summary
Opinion piece arguing that Kenya's experience with al Shabaab and best practices in CVE abroad have shown that military campaigns offer stopgap measures that do not address root causes of violent extremism. Calls for broadening and reinforcing the national response to the threat through structural changes, community engagement and building resilience, emphasizing soft power approaches.
Keywords
al Shabaab, Kenya, soft power, community engagement, resilience, counter-terrorism
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