NEW YORK. Paris. London. But it's not just Western capitals that are under threat from extremists: militants are on the march from the Middle East to Africa to Asia to Charlottesville, Virginia. Terrorist violence horrifies and bewilders us - but that is its intention. In our disorientation, we reach for simple answers to the complex riddle of radicalisation: religious bigotry, brainwashing ideology or just plain evil natures. Such simple answers lead to simple responses: fiery rhetoric and fierce retaliation. And those can end up exacerbating the threat rather than defusing it.
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