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COVID-19 and Extremism in Southeast Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Sidney Jones
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Abstract

Violent extremism in Southeast Asia did not increase as a result of Covid-19 despite exhortations from ISIS leaders to attack, nor was counter-terrorism capacity seriously undermined by the need to divert funds and personnel. Fears remained that the pandemic might increase interest in biological weapons or cyber-attacks; create a favourable climate for recruitment as economic hardship deepened; or lead to prison uprisings. Of these the concern about prisons was most justified.

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Research Article
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 18 , Issue 15 , August 2020 , e5
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Copyright © The Authors 2020

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