Whether an element of social transformation is built into the interventions that will address the governance issues. You, thank you for your attention and im looking forward to comments and questions. Thank you, dr. Lee. Before i ask my first question as the moderator, i just want to encourage the panelists if they have comments on each others remarks, i would welcome any ne followup on those. I encourage a discussion here also between the panelists and also as the same way we engage with the audience. Esting one thing you said which i think was very interesting is that two things actually. One was demonstrating the cost of violence as potentially productive and that theres note this link between poverty and lr support for extremism. Something that we see very clearly in several years of tann survey Research Across pakistan in all parts of the country, so not an arab country but a it country that suffers tremendous amounts of Political Violence that generally it is the poor who are mos
We can work on governance programs. We can work on poverty. We can work on education. But if violence will remain a legitimate tool at least this is how its perceived by the majority of people in the region, then whatever progress we can aim at will, as i said, be shortlived. We are trying to include this element in our interventions. We intervened, for example, in 2012 in a region between the christians and at that time what we told them in the first place is that there is a better way to address the issue of coincidin religious dates than dealing or adopting violence to solve it. And not only we told them that violence is not going to help them and to address this issue, but we also help them to find the middle ground to celebrate both christmas during the same week while avoiding or while preventing Violent Attacks from both groups. In the aftermath of the massacre, we also explained to sunni and shia tribes that resort to go violence will not advance the judicial process and that i
Legitimate tool, at least this how its perceived by the majority of people in the region, then whatever progress can aim at, as i said, will be short lived. At usip, we are trying to include this element in our interventions. Example, ind, for 2012, in a region between the shabac andand the basically at that time what we told them in the first place is better way to address the issue of coinciding dates than dealing or it. Ting violence to solve thatot only we told them violence is not going to help them and to address this issue but we also helped them to find to celebrateound both christmas and commemorate during the same week while avoiding, while preventing from both groups and the aftermath of the massacre, we also explained to sunni and shia tribes that resorting to violence will not advance the judicial process and end in a perpetual cycle of violence, it will prevent the return of idps and will not will not keep any of the so we or the shia safe adopted a similar approach in co
But i know and im sure you do of poor and excluded young people who didnt become its not there povertyusality between and radicalization or terrorism but there are underlying conditions that makes it in some cases for people to become radicalized or extremists. And this underlying condition in region can be summarized by the praise of violence. At the social level in the people praise violence as a virtue. Its not considered as a bad thing. Its considered as a good thing. Not only in politics, its also considered as a good thing in life. Personal the same communities that are othering from isis and radical groups today have embraced violence at different existence,eir whether in smaller conflicts tribes, between families or even within the same families and as i said at the personal level. What makes or this is what the fact that violence is praised, underlies condition of violence and of conflicts in the region. And when i usually bring up this issue in front of an audience,nal people
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, this morning a slow moving unpredictable and deadly winterlike storm system is making its way through the southwest, with freezing rain, sleet and temperatures in some areas that are 30 degrees below normal. Winter storm warnings, weather advisories posted in new mexico, texas, oklahoma and arkansas. At least eight deaths are blamed on the Severe Weather and the storm threatens to make a mess of thanksgiving travel. Marlie hall is in new york with more. Good morning, marlie. Good morning, annemarie. The storm began late last week in southern california. Today it continues its trek south and east. Airport delays are likely in atlanta, charlotte and jacksonville, but the storm isnt done with the southwest yet. Snow and ice have made for a dangerous and difficult travel. You cant really do much of anything here. You cant even walk. The streets are so slippery. Reporter in midland, texas, a thin coat of ice covers just about ever