The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As America prepares to welcome its 45th president he or she will face a multitude of challenges including the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>security of the nation and its people. Terrorism specifically violent Islamist extremism is ravaging the Middle</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>East while having repercussions here in the United States and the world. This volume of The ANNALS delves</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>into the issue of terrorism and offers direction and guidance to the next president and administration for</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>countering violent extremism (CVE).</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The volume explores the failing states of the Middle East including the collapse of the socioeconomic and</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>political systems there as well as the alienation of Muslims in Western Europe and elsewhere and offers</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>courses of action for the next president to take against terrorism. The final section delves into the practice of</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>CVE as a growing and promising discipline and practice. </span></p>