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Why people disengage from violent extremist organisations.

Background

Core to the FCO’s work is preparing for and responding to new and sometimes unexpected natural and political events whether opportunity or crisis. Research findings on current and emerging trends to improve future forecasting, or metrics to evaluate the success or otherwise of interventions, would be of interest.

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Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

FCO Areas of Research Interest 2017 2018

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