Countering Violent Extremism

Conference Call — October 16, 2013 — min

Countering Violent Extremism

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Radicalization and Extremism

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CFR Senior Fellow Ed Husain leads a conversation on why it is crucial to create a global fund to counter violent extremism, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.

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Ed Husain

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Moderators

Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

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