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Litigation Release - How Extremist Movements Change Evidence from Shi'ism and Soviet Communism 201012.pdf

1 HOW EXTREMIST MOVEMENTS CHANGE EVIDENCE FROM SHI ’ ISM AND SOVIET COMMUNISM Prepared for: Director, Office of Net Assessment Office of the Secretary of Defense December 2010 Principal Author/s: With the assistance of Contract No.HQ0034-07-C-1044 CL1N2008 The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this report are those of the authors and should not be construed as an official Department of Defense position, policy or decision. 1015 15th Street, N.W. Sixth Floor -Washington, DC 20005- 202-974-2400 - Fax: 202-974-2410 www.hudson.org (b) (7)(C) (b) (7)(C) -- 1 of 180 -- 2 Table of Contents Executive summary…………………………………………………………………………....3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………..13 Policy challenge……………………………………………………………………...15 Definitions……………………………………………………………………………16 Moderation…………………………………………………………………………...20 Radicalization………………………………………………………………………..23 Re-radicalization……………………………………………………………………..25 I...