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Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Terrorism, Radicalisation, and CVE: Practical Considerations and Concerns -- Part II: Ground-Level and Community Approaches -- Chapter 2: Mentoring and Deradicalisation -- Mentoring: Practical Framework and Setup -- Practical Methods and Approaches -- Learning Lessons -- Chapter 3: Effective Community Engagement: Back to the Basics to Counter Violent Extremism and Other Youth Crimes -- Risk-Based Approaches -- Community Engagement: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Between Deradicalisation and Disengagement: The Re-engagement of the Radical Actor? -- Deradicalisation and Disengagement -- The Experimental Programme in French Prisons -- An Interdisciplinary Approach -- A Diversified Group and Trust Building -- A Three-Phase Programme -- Tangible Results? -- Words as a Tool to Check, Disarm or Fight Radicalisation -- Conclusion: The Recommitment -- Part III: Best Practices -- Chapter 5: Are There 'Best Practices' in Deradicalisation? Experiences from Frontline Intervention and Comparative Research -- Introduction -- Quick Glance at the State of the Art -- Frontline Experiences -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Belgium: Preventing Radicalisation on a Local Level and Working for an Inclusive Society -- Introduction -- The Belgian Foreign Terrorist Fighters -- Approach to Preventing and Combatting Violent Extremism: An Integrated Policy -- Prevention of Radicalisation -- Person-Oriented Chain Approach: Local Integrated Security Cell (LIVC) -- Reintegration and Aftercare -- Conclusion -- Part IV: Theatres -- Chapter 7: A Dangerous Displacement Crisis: The Psychological Ecology of Extremism After the Fall of ISIS -- Introduction: A Destructive Logic -- From Storied Home to Homelessness -- Unchanged Ecosystems of Origin

A combination of one of the oldest professions – espionage – with one of the newer ones – cyber hacking – has led to hyperbole and threats of kinetic escalation. But is all this talk really warranted? What will the real fallout be?

Why is it that it feels like we are living in an increasingly tribalist age – one where it seems different peoples, separated by colour, religious creed, or political ideology, can no longer live together harmoniously? What can be done about it and where does Singapore stand?

How far has ASEAN come in its cyber journey? What is the likelihood that it can begin to speak with one voice on cyber issues and what needs to be done before some coherence in an ASEAN approach to the norms debate can be expected?

How do we protect our critical information infrastructure from evolving threats? What steps do we need to take to prepare for future adversaries who are continually refining their methods? How can these steps be applied to the health sector?

Cover -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction Shashi Jayakumar -- Part 1 Youth diversion in Europe -- 2 France's Muslims: Secularism and radicalization Farhad Khosrokhavar -- Part 2 Diversion as part and parcel of genuine prevention -- 3 Evidence-inspired prevention of violent extremism in the Belgian city of Mechelen: Evaluation and recommendations Alexander Van Leuven -- 4 BURO ZEND-UIT, a pilot study on co-creating resilience in the Netherlands Stijn Sieckelinck -- Part 3 Schools, society and beyond -- 5 Early prevention with workshops at schools in Aarhus Christian Damgaard Kristoffersen and Anne Sofie Skare Rasmussen -- 6 Early intervention and the challenge of radicalism in the Indonesian school system Muhammad Abdullah Darraz -- 7 Individually targeted preventions in Indonesia: Effective in theory, tricky in practice Cameron Sumpter -- Part 4 Diversion/disengagement as official strategy -- 8 Upstream interventions with individuals and building resilience in communities: The UK's Prevent Strategy Sean Arbuthnot -- 9 Independent/hybrid P/CVE youth work in the UK: Grassroots work beyond Prevent Fernán Osorno Hernández -- Part 5 Interventions in and out of official strategy: The community -- 10 Butig: Where money talks and ideology balks - A case study Justin Richmond and Reed Mikkelsen -- 11 Bringing them home: Building a trusted support framework for the safe return of women and children associated with foreign fighters Clarke Jones, Kamalle Dabboussy and Alasdair Roy -- Part 6 Cautionary contributions -- 12 Finding the off-ramps: The challenges of diversion programming in the P/CVE space Amarnath Amarasingam, David Jones and Bradley Galloway.

The People's Action Party (or PAP) of Singapore is among the longest-ruling democratically-elected political parties in the world, in power continuously since Singapore gained self-rule in 1959. Such longevity is the hallmark of an institution that is itself dynamic and responsive. But remarkably, the story of the party as an institution has not received the sustained study it deserves, from historians or political scientists. This narrative history of the PAP follows the decisions made by party leaders as they have sought to respond to the changing demands and expectations of the Singapore electorate, over a 36-year period that saw Singapore enter the ranks of developed nations. It is fully up to date with the Party's response to their loss of seats in the 2020 General Elections, and changes in party leadership succession announced in April 2021. Leadership renewal is one of four dimensions of change in the party that are the book's focus: the others being the party's communications methods and styles, the mechanisms developed for managing institutional change, and the evolution of economic and social policy. Drawing on internal party documents and multiple interviews with key leaders over a 10-year period, this work provides a detailed portrait of a robust political institution and establishes a distinctive new narrative of Singapore politics.

"Addressing the complexities of radicalisation, resilience, cyber, and homeland security, State, Society and National Security: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century aims to shed light on what has changed in recent years security discourse, what has worked (as well as what has not), and what the potential further evolutions within each domain might be. The release of this book commemorates the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) — a policy-oriented security think tank within the S Rajaratnam School for International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, as well as the 10th edition of CENS' annual Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO), which has developed into a premier international security conference in Southeast Asia. Featuring contributions from practitioners, policy experts and academics closely linked to CENS, this volume is a reminder of the meaningful and impact-creating insights that 10 years' worth of thinking and talking about national security imperatives have generated. This book has been written in a manner that makes it accessible to policymakers, security practitioners and academics, as well as interested lay readers."--Provided by publisher.

The seemingly unrelenting beat of drums / Norman Vasu, Benjamin Ang, and Shashi Jayakumar -- Cognitive predispositions and drums -- The psychology of conspiracy theories : the role of pattern perception / Robert Brotherton -- Believing chicken little : evolutionary perspectives on credulity and danger / Daniel M. T. Fessler -- The employment of the drums -- Fake news : the allure of digital weapon / Nicolas Arpagian -- Mapping cyberspace : the example of Russian informational actions in France / Kevin Limonier and Louis Petiniaud -- Computational propaganda in Europe, the U.S., and China / Gillian Bolsover and Philip Howard -- Civilians in the information operations battlefront: China's information operations in the Taiwan straits / Gulizar Haciyakupoglu and Benjamin Ang -- Countering drums -- Integrating resilience in defense planning against information warfare in the post-truth world / Janis Berzins -- What can we learn from Russian hostile information operations in Europe? / Jakub Janda and Veronika Vichova -- How Germany is trying to counter online disinformation / Karolin Schwarz -- Distinguishing fact from fiction in the modern age / Andreas Schleicher -- About the editors -- About the contributors.

"This book is the definitive volume on the history of chess in Singapore. Covering 1945–1990, it covers the post-war emergence of a truly "local" chess scene out of the colonial period, then taking the story up to the modern era. Contained within these pages are tributes to the modern founding fathers of Singapore chess. Also chronicled within are the careers of Singapore's top players and their achievements. This includes fine team performances (belying Singapore's seeming status in the chess world as a tiny red dot) and spectacular individual successes on the international stage. In documenting chess development in Singapore for the period in question, this book also provides glimpses of a wider social history. Personal stories (based on fresh interviews) are provided that give a sense of the chessplaying milieu of the time. Stalwarts in the chess scene, featured in this book, went on to be notable figures in the wider social and political landscape. A selection of 139 annotated games played by top Singapore-based players and Singapore masters between 1949 and 1990 is matched by a rich collection of more than 200 rare illustrations. This volume is a wonderful resource for chess aficionados, interested amateurs, collectors and historians."--Publisher's website.