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Aarhus, Denmark, home to a number of men who fought for the Islamic State group in Syria. Radicals who return home from the Middle East are often locked up, but Denmark has shunned punishment in favor of rehabilitation. (

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Disengaging from Violent Extremism

Tuesday, January 21 | 10:00am - 12:00pm

Join USIP as we kick off our VEDR initiative to progress past conventional notions of deradicalization—which generally focus on transforming a person’s beliefs about ideologies—and instead develop a systemic approach that simultaneously encourages disengagement and builds social cohesion and community resilience to prevent the reoccurrence of violence.

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