Responding to Violent and Hateful Extremism

Anthony Ware is Associate Professor in International and Community Development, at Deakin University, Australia. His research focuses on humanitarian/international development approaches in conflict-affected situations, with particular interest in Myanmar, the Rohingya conflict, conflict-sensitivity/do no harm, everyday peace, and community-led development.Leanne M. Kelly is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University, Australia, researching violent and hateful extremism and P/CVE programs delivered by development and humanitarian NGOs. Her main research interests focus on evaluation of NGO programs addressing various crises including conflict, violence, and disasters.Greg Barton is Research Professor in Global Islamic Politics at Deakin University, Australia. His research is concerned with Islam, civil society and democratisation, religion and modernity, and countering violent extremism, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Turkey and Asia as a whole.

• Introduction: Development NGO responses to countering violent extremism and hate 1. Between rhetoric and reality: reclaiming the space for locally led peacebuilding that responds to conflict dynamics in violent and hateful extremism programming 2. Mitigating or exacerbating the root causes of violence?: critically analysing the role of USAID in terrorism prevention 3. Capturing the environment, security, and development nexus: intergovernmental and NGO programming during the climate crisis 4. Enhancing the quality of P/CVE programming through robust application of theory of change 5. International and local NGOs addressing violent and hateful extremism in Kenya 6. Preventing/countering violent and hateful extremism in Morocco and Tunisia – understanding the role of civil society and international assistance 7. The Role of NGOs in preventing violent extremism: what Mozambique can learn from Kenya and Nigeria 8. Sensible localisation – local peace committees’ role in preventing violent and hateful extremism 9. Preventing violent and hateful extremism: comparing the experiences of domestic Swedish and international humanitarian-development NGOs