Terrorism is central to the contemporary security environment and will remain an ongoing challenge for governments both State and Federal, well into the future. This training program offers attendees an introduction to contemporary understandings of the complexities of radicalisation and extremism.

The course provides an overview of perspectives into the radicalisation process, and the multitude of contributing factors that can result in involvement in extremism and terrorism, and the nature and character of domestic and international terrorism, as well as the various policy responses that are available to the government.

Those building a public sector career will inevitably encounter terrorism and counter-terrorism challenges, operationally, and in the policy domain. This is a unique opportunity to learn from one of Australia’s leading authorities on terrorism and enhance your knowledge, engage and discuss issues of policy relevance, and develop a better command of the nuances and complexities of countering terrorism.

 ·  Develop an enhanced understanding of the nature of terrorism, radicalisation, and extremism

·  Understand the processes by which individuals and groups can radicalise towards terrorism

·  Appreciate the role that the online environment can play in facilitating radicalisation

·  Recognise the strategic purposes of individual and lone actor terrorism

·  Expanding influence of terrorism and radicalisation on broader areas of policy development

·  Sensitive nature of policy and political discourse in relation to terrorism, radicalisation, and extremism

·  Likelihood of interaction and engagement with terrorism, radicalisation, and extremism-related policies, regardless of departmental location

Trainer

Levi West is the Director of Terrorism Studies at the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security at Charles Sturt University (Canberra); a PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University, and the Director of Leviathan Analysis, a boutique national security consultancy based in Canberra.