The global securitisation of youth

Sukarieh, Mayssoun; Tannock, Stuart

doi:10.1080/01436597.2017.1369038

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“…However, when the global spread of violent extremist groups is taken into account, countries with low literacy levels are often the main theaters of recruitment and operations for such groups and networks. (Sukarieh, 2018) Violent extremism thrives on framing and disseminating favorable narratives. Without knowledge and information, and particularly in the absence of quality education, it is highly likely that individuals become susceptible to becoming foot soldiers in these groups.…”

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Education Sector of Pakistan: Next Victim of Terrorism and Extremism in a Globalized Environment

Khan¹

2021

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Globalization has affected the education sector of Pakistan differently because of its peculiar and diversed security challenges. An extremely cunning hostile enemy on east who always stages all kind of clandestine operations against Pakistan. On the western border, Afghanistan has always remained a source of instability for Pakistan. US policy failures in Afghanistan and do more demand by Trump administration from Pakistan without acknowledging its sacrifices are a matter of concern. To retain their national interests transition-co forces are using fifth generation asymmetric warfare in this region. Almost all the segments of our society got affected by worst kind of terrorism and extremism in last fifteen years and the current target is our youth and educational institutes. According to the recent National Human Development Report published in May 2018, Pakistan has the largest percentage of youth ever recorded in its history. 64 percent of the total population is below the age of 30 while 29 percent is between the ages of 15 and 29 years. This youth buldge has critical implications for Pakistan because if not groomed and directed in right direction, will create internal implosion. Our enemy precisely identified our centers of gravity and attacking it with numerous means. Be it the Safora Ghot Karachi massacre of forty three innocent unarmed people by Saad Aziz - an Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi graduate or the inhuman killing of human rights activist Sabeen Mahmood by the same man; the IS-indoctrinated and affiliated medical student Noreen Leghari’s case or the recent failed attempt on the MQM leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan by a Karachi University graduate, the incessant reality for Pakistani anti-terrorism strategists is that the extremists and terrorists have succeeded in infiltrating modern education institutions and the youth is being indoctrinated with the toxic ideology of the terrorists. With the defeat of the IS in Syria and Iraq the influx of militants to Pakistan could continue that could further complicate the situation.

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Education Sector of Pakistan: Next Victim of Terrorism and Extremism in a Globalized Environment

Khan¹

2021

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“…Instead of villains, on the one hand, students are constructed as subjects at risk, vulnerable, potential victims in need of protection and safeguarding, while, on the other hand, there is weight given to involving students in prevention initiatives, following the international context (see the Introduction). Scholars have already cautioned against this global trend, given that it risks instrumentalizing and responsibilizing youth to pursue security agendas (Christodoulou and Szakács, 2018;Sukarieh and Tannock, 2018). The reasoning ranges from students being presented as having the 'potential' to prevent their peers from being drawn to violent extremism (RAN, 2016c: 1), to at other times saying that it is because students best know how to use social media, or that involving them will make them feel empowered.…”

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'Boosting resilience' and 'safeguarding youngsters at risk': Critically examining the European Commission's educational responses to radicalization and violent extremism

Christodoulou¹

2020

London Review of Education

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Despite the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) being tasked with being a core policy tool of the European Union and helping to shape its research funding agenda on preventing violent extremism, very little is known about how it operates, the practices and activities it engages with and the discourses it mobilizes to do so. This study fills this gap through an in-depth investigation into RAN's working group on education, critically examining the construction and enactment of discourses and practices related to the prevention of violent extremism through education. Combining a critical engagement of organizational practices with a discourse analysis of the various RAN EDU outputs, such as manifestos, policy papers and videos, it offers an examination of the discursive terrain of the European Commission, revealing the normative values and ideological assumptions underpinning it, as well as the subject-positioning of students and teachers involved.

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“…Despite conceptions of 'tradition' that normalise youth minimisation, there is a small but growing recognition that providing opportunities for young people to develop their skills is required not only as a safeguard against antisocial behaviours and civil unrest, as per conventional readings of youth bulge theories (Sukarieh & Tannock 2017;Urdal 2006), but it is also required to create and sustain positive developmental futures for the great ocean states of the Pacific. This is particularly true in institutional settings that address youth development issues directly or indirectly.…”

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Youth Leadership in Fiji and Solomon Islands: Creating Opportunities for Civic Engagement

Craney¹

2019

Pacific Youth: Local and Global Futures

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The global securitisation of youth

Cited by 62 publications

References 33 publications

Education Sector of Pakistan: Next Victim of Terrorism and Extremism in a Globalized Environment

Education Sector of Pakistan: Next Victim of Terrorism and Extremism in a Globalized Environment

'Boosting resilience' and 'safeguarding youngsters at risk': Critically examining the European Commission's educational responses to radicalization and violent extremism

Youth Leadership in Fiji and Solomon Islands: Creating Opportunities for Civic Engagement

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