Key Takeaways for How to Win Against Extremists and Why We are Failing

Nearly 20 years since 9/11 and we have not vanquished the appeal of extremist ideology. Groups are still recruiting youth in every part of the world, and today a real strategy to deal with the rise of hate and extremism is not being executed as extremists have mastered selling their narratives. To counter these narratives, we need to listen to understand the nuances of cultures around the world as these “data points” do not show up in quantitative analysis. This is what Ambassador Pandith learned when traveling to 80 countries as the U.S. Special Representative to Muslim Communities and what she believes is the method of “How We Win” against extremists.