CENS - WISI WORKSHOP ON
RADICALIZATION AND DE-RADICALIZATION:
GLOBAL LESSONS LEARNED
2-3 November 2009
Marina Mandarin Hotel, Taurus Ballroom, Level 1

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Workshop Concept

The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University and the Warwick International Security Initiative (WISI) at the University of Warwick, UK, seek through this workshop to understand the process and mechanisms of radicalization as well as evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing de-radicalization and counter-radicalization practices.

By way of background, CENS, a constituent unit of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, was inaugurated in April 2006. The Centre seeks to actively promote research and create awareness in areas that will help to enhance local and regional intellectual capital through the analysis of emerging national security concerns and threats. CENS works very closely with the National Security Coordination Secretariat in the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore.

WISI was formally established in July 2007 and seeks to consolidate information on research expertise, contacts and activities across the university, in order to promote greater inter-disciplinary research activity and collaborative funded research applications. This began with a Security away day back in September 2007, leading on to a number of more focused seminar workshops throughout 2008.

The CENS-WISI Workshop on Radicalization and De-Radicalization: Global Lessons Learned will cover the following sub-themes:

• Ideology and Agents of Radicalization
• Rights and Resilience
• Counter- and De-Radicalization