A Future for the Young

Options for helping Middle Eastern Youth Escape the Trap of Radicalization

Cheryl Benard

Published Mar 10, 2006

In the battle of ideas that has come to characterize the struggle against jihadist terrorism, a sometimes neglected dimension is the personal motivations of those drawn into the movement. This paper reports the results of a workshop held in September 2005 and sponsored by RAND’s Center for Middle East Public Policy and the Initiative for Middle East Youth. Workshop participants discussed the issue of why young people enter into jihadist groups and what might be done to prevent it or to disengage members of such groups once they have joined.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web-Only
  • Year: 2006
  • Pages: 177
  • Document Number: WR-354

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Benard, Cheryl, A Future for the Young: Options for helping Middle Eastern Youth Escape the Trap of Radicalization, RAND Corporation, WR-354, 2006. As of October 11, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR354.html
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Benard, Cheryl, A Future for the Young: Options for helping Middle Eastern Youth Escape the Trap of Radicalization. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2006. https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR354.html.
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