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Southeast Asia after the Caliphate: Identifying Spatial Trends in Terrorism and Radicalization in Malaysia

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  • Henkin Samuel

    (The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA)

  • Boyd Marcus A.

    (The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA)

  • Martin Adam

    (The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA)

Abstract

Recent scholarship on militant Islamist radicalization in Southeast Asia highlights the significance of local context in understanding support and recruitment into militancy. While research on terrorism in Southeast Asia engenders a dynamism of epistemic inquiry in diverse areas of research, an empirical mapping of radicalization is generally absent. Research on militant Islamic radicalization in Southeast Asia needs more robust consideration of geospatial relations and data to fill this lacuna. A geospatial analysis is, above all else, synthesis. It bridges spatial statistical analytics and qualitative socio-spatial investigation. We argue that a geospatial analytical approach to understanding radicalization offers a way in which to begin empirically mapping radicalization in the region. Correspondingly, our work considers militant Islamic radicalization in Malaysia by employing geospatial analysis to build a more nuanced layering and comprehensive understanding of the spatial arrangements of radicalization. Viewed from this perspective, radicalization can be understood through spatial logics and practices aimed at facilitating better understandings of socio-political relations of political violence and terrorism more broadly.

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  • Henkin Samuel & Boyd Marcus A. & Martin Adam, 2020. "Southeast Asia after the Caliphate: Identifying Spatial Trends in Terrorism and Radicalization in Malaysia," Statistics, Politics and Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 11(2), pages 139-165, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bpj:statpp:v:11:y:2020:i:2:p:139-165:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/spp-2020-0001
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