Australia should develop a more robust and distinct preventing violent extremism (PVE) program that aims to support the existing capacities of - or mobilises - communities and individuals.
This support and counselling service for parents, friends and family who notice a family member slipping into extremism has various structural and operational problems.
The structural underpinnings that allowed for the emergence and growth of violent jihadists in Egypt are the result of decades of official and unofficial discriminatory policies against Copts.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is right to focus attention on the southern Philippines, even if the likelihood of a ‘caliphate’ emerging on Australia’s doorstep is low.