Building an Army of Believers: Jihadist Radicalization Recruitment

Abstract

Madame Chair: I appreciate the opportunity to be here today where you have experienced homegrown terror firsthand to discuss the issues of radicalization and how to protect the homeland. Although the United States and its allies have achieved undeniable success in degrading the operational capabilities of jihadist terrorists worldwide, they have had less success in reducing the radicalization and recruitment that support the jihadist enterprise. My testimony today will simply highlight a few areas for further discussion: * Building an army of believers how the jihadists recruit * Radicalization and recruitment in the United States * How we might impede radicalization and recruitment, and * Guiding principles for any actions we might consider.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA465567

Entities

People

  • Brian Michael Jenkins

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Corporations
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Domestic Intelligence
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Radicalization
  • Security
  • Sociology
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.