https://www.scmp.com/rss/512992/feed Joseph Franco is a Research Fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies' Centre of Excellence for National Security at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He examines terrorist networks in maritime Southeast Asia and best practices in countering violent extremism, and believes in addressing non-ideological drivers of conflict. Joseph has organised international countering extremism and radicalisation workshops that brought together policymakers, practitioners,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com If history has a habit of repeating itself, a short but deadly conflict between Islamic State-linked violent extremist organisations (IS-linked VEOs) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines should be making the administration of new Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr more than a little concerned – although those in charge would be wise to delve deep to find out what really caused the fighting. It was 2017 when such VEOs took over the southern city of Marawi, home to around 200,000 people... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3183937/marcos-jnr-should-look-beyond-jihadist-ideology-stop-islamic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3183937/marcos-jnr-should-look-beyond-jihadist-ideology-stop-islamic?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Jul 2022 23:00:11 +0000