Fighting Terror
Fighting Terror brings together counter-terrorism experts and practitioners from Europe, the United States, and beyond to address different approaches to combat terrorism in our society. Our frank discussions cover the lifecycle of terrorism from propaganda and recruitment, to financing, action and failure. This series is brought to you by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and hosted by Lucinda Creighton, Senior Advisor to CEP in Europe and a former European Affairs Minister. CEP is a non-profit organisation that has been working to combat the flow of terrorist as well as extremist propaganda and finances globally.
Fighting Terror
Breaking News: Responding to the Prevent Strategy Review
Last Wednesday, the long-awaited Prevent review was published by the Home Office. Led by William Shawcross, who was appointed Independent Reviewer of Prevent in 2021, the review sets out to understand how effectively this strand of the government’s counterterrorism strategy works and how it can be improved.
But what is Prevent? Why was it created and why was last week's review commissioned in the first place ? What are the key takeaways from Shawcross' review and will Prevent make Britain safer? In this breaking news episode, Lucinda speaks with CEP experts, Ian Acheson and Liam Duffy, and explores the heated debate around the recent Prevent review.
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