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100			_aTAN Andrew T.H.
245			_aCountering radical terrorist ideology through psywar: _blessons from the Malayan emergency/ _cAndrew T.H. Tan
260			_c2024
520			_aSoon after the events of 9–11, it was recognised that the U.S. and the West had to wage effective information warfare if they were to succeed in countering or containing global terrorism as a result of radical Islamism. The West, however, has failed in this endeavour, epitomised by the contemporary onslaught from the Islamic State’s ideology resulting in the continuation of the global terrorist threat. Yet, lessons drawn from the case study of British success in the Malayan Emergency experience, with the necessary qualifications, are useful in waging information war today against contemporary radical Islamist terrorism. The key lessons for contemporary counter-terrorism include: the need for psywar operations to be accompanied by legal and security measures in consultation with local Muslim communities to contain the enablers of the adversary’s psywar apparatus, establishing better governance over religious schools, enabling local Muslims to lead psywar operations, the use former terrorists in counter-radicalisation, the promotion of inclusion, addressing underlying causes of alienation and paying careful attention to developments in the Middle East.
650			_aTERRORISM
650			_aCOUNTER-TERRORISM
650			_aINFORMATION WAR
650			_aPSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
650			_aMALAYAN EMERGENCY
773			_gThe Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: Volume 19, Number 3, June 2024, pages: 320-336
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/18335330.2023.2246973 _zClick here for full text
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