Countering Violent Extremism in the US and the EU

April 9-10, 2015

15th Annual Policy Conference

Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Faculty Organizer: Prof. Michael Kenney (GSPIA)

*Registration is required. To register, please visit: tinyurl.com/kxteapk

Countering violent extremism remains a critical security challenge confronting Western democratic societies. Policy makers face difficult questions about how to prevent their citizens from engaging in terrorism, what to do with citizens that seek to travel abroad to fight in “jihad,” and how to minimize the potential for violent attacks when fighters return to their countries of origin. Local communities also have an important role to play in countering violent extremism.

This conference addresses these challenges through an exchange of ideas and perspectives among researchers, practitioners and the public.

The conference is being organized under the leadership of Professor Michael Kenney, Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

A full conference program can be found at http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/system/files/resources/documents/Program%2...

This conference is made possible in part through funding from the European Union, Graduate School for Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for Security Studies, Global Studies Center, and Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies.

This conference was developed under grants from the U.S. Department of Education and the European Union, however, the contents of this conference do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government, the European Union, or the University of Pittsburgh.