Malaysia and Singapore's terrorist rehabilitation programs : learning and adapting to terrorist threats

Terrorists--Rehabilitation--Malaysia;Terrorists--Rehabilitation--Singapore;Terrorism--Prevention;Counterinsurgency

Khor, Laura ; Lehr, Peter ; Lehr, Peter

University:University of St Andrews

Department:International Relations (School of)

关键词: Terrorists--Rehabilitation--Malaysia;    Terrorists--Rehabilitation--Singapore;    Terrorism--Prevention;    Counterinsurgency;   

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来源: DR-NTU

【 摘 要 】

The central question of this thesis examines how Malaya/Malaysia and Singapore learned and adapted successful terrorist disengagement programs and policies; through their unique and non-military rehabilitation programs. The methodology is a comparative case study analysis of Malaysia and Singapore. In order to understand how the countries of Malaya/Malaysia and Singapore adapted a colonial-era counter-insurgency program to disengage Communist Terrorists into a program that now rehabilitates radicalized Islamist Terrorists, an analysis of the periods of the Malayan Emergency and the post-Cold War era of Malaya/Malaysia and Singapore is necessary. The argument presented in this thesis contends the colonial framework and policies of the Malayan Emergency had a positive impact on Malaysia and Singapore; which both countries have further developed and learned as a foundation for their successful terrorist disengagement programs and policies to counter radical Islamist groups and individuals.The hypothesis is that successful counter-insurgency operations must include disengagement programs, rather than purely military solutions or strategies to ensure countries success in counter-insurgency operations and strategies. The Malaysian counter-insurgency disengagement program and the Singapore counter-insurgency disengagement program can provide lessons for modern day counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism programs and policies.