Current Threats & The Radi
The twenty-minute The Radicalization Puzzle video is based on a homeland security publication on the radicalization of extremists and is timely given today the nation's recent experience with the mass shooting in Oregon at Umpqua Community College.
At the time, it was suggested, it was the worst terrorist incident since 2001, an Islamist agenda inspired attack in San Bernardino. Since then, the nation has witnessed a series of ISIS inspired attacks both in the homeland and in Europe.
Dr. Mohammad Hafez of the Naval Postgraduate School examines the driving factors behind the process of radicalization, turning seemingly ordinary men and women into potential terrorists such as is emerging with the attackers of San Bernardino.
Dr. Hafez, not limiting his analysis to Islamist extremists, mentions the Charleston incident as another type of extremist view the nation finds itself confronted with on a nearly daily basis. A matrix is presented to help us examine and understand this complex issue.