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Robert Templer was the director of the Asia Programme at the International Crisis Group between 2001 and 2012. He has worked across Asia and elsewhere on such issues as conflict resolution, climate change, extremism, and migration. As Professor of Practice at the School of Public Policy at The Central European University, he founded the Shattuck Centre for Conflict, Negotiation and Recovery. He also founded and led The Aleppo Project, a collaboration among Syrian refugees to document the history and life of the city as it was being destroyed during the civil war there. Robert now works as a trainer and consultant, working for UN agencies and private sector clients on a range of issues.
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Narratives and their Impacts on Violent Extremism in South-East Asia
Responses to violent extremism are arguably underpinned by assumptions and narratives about the scale and nature of the threat to societies, and by an ever-evolving calculus of risk and opportunity. In South-East Asia, governments, the media and expert commentary have focused on the risks posed by the Islamic State (IS) and, to a lesser degree, Al-Qaida (AQ), with an emphasis on the risks presented by fighters returning from the Middle East.