Publication

Based on a one-year study of six urban neighborhoods in Kenya, this report explores how certain resilience factors have prevented or countered violent extremist activity at the local level. As the study’s author sees it, violent extremism often spreads through localized conflict, with extremist groups manipulating local grievances to gain position and traction. The problem is that both the international community and national governments aren’t particularly good at working in such small-scale and diverse contexts. Here’s what they need to do.