{"id":84083,"date":"2021-09-30T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=84083"},"modified":"2021-12-03T12:28:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T17:28:54","slug":"confronting-extremism","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/articles\/2021\/confronting-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"Confronting Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin record-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-text-position-x-right has-text-position-y-bottom has-secondary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"An illustration of a teal dove and a navy eagle against a light blue background with a ring of white stars around them\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/dove-and-eagle-illustration-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner has-opacity-70\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Feature<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConfronting Extremism\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Leanne Erdberg Steadman (&#8217;08) focuses on peace to prevent terrorism.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar record-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">September 30, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/record\/authors\/meghan-laska\/\">Meghan Laska<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph record-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-boxed has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-secondary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>In 2015, Al-Shabaab, a Somali extremist group, launched the worst terrorist attack in Kenya since the 1998 bombing of the US embassy there.<br><br>Moving among dorms at a local university, terrorists separated Christian students from Muslim students and killed the Christians. By the end of the attack, 147 students were killed.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, a local network of women called <a href=\"https:\/\/sisterswithoutborders.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sisters Without Borders<\/a> jumped into action. They connected community leaders and officials to de-escalate ethnic tensions and reach agreements on how to improve security. They are now helping the government of Kenya revise its strategy on countering violent extremism to include the role of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image alignfarright\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Leanne Erdberg Steadman ('08)\" class=\"wp-image-84087\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-551x826.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-455x682.jpg 455w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-688x1032.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-881x1321.jpg 881w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-229x344.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-353x529.jpg 353w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-459x688.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-705x1058.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-909x1364.jpg 909w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-1101x1652.jpg 1101w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-667x1000.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>Leanne Erdberg Steadman (COM\u201905, LAW\u201908), director of countering violent extremism at the US Institute of Peace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This type of collaboration between government leaders and a women\u2019s network is an example of a \u201cpowerful peacebuilding tool\u201d to prevent terrorism, says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usip.org\/people\/leanne-erdberg-steadman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Leanne Erdberg Steadman<\/strong><\/a> <strong>(COM\u201905, LAW\u201908)<\/strong>. As director of countering violent extremism at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usip.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US Institute of Peace<\/a>, she leads the institute\u2019s work to better understand the causes of violent extremism and methods to prevent it. She also builds partnerships with groups like Sisters Without Borders and develops tools that emphasize pathways for individuals to disengage from terrorist organizations and reenter society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erdberg Steadman, a former counterterrorism advisor to the undersecretary of state in the US Department of State, brings more than a decade of experience with alternative approaches to fighting terrorism. \u201cInstead of focusing on preventing terrorist attacks and arresting violent people, a peacebuilding approach involves going further upstream to stop people from joining extremist groups in the first place,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo community in the world is totally immune from the impact of terrorist organizations. Since September 11, we have seen different types of violent extremist organizations emerge around the world, even in countries that never before experienced this problem. It\u2019s a huge loss to society in terms of the young people who could have contributed to their communities but were instead mobilized into a life of harm,\u201d says Erdberg Steadman, who focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the institute, she takes a holistic view of the role of peace in national security. \u201cThere is room for a more human rights\u2013oriented approach, but it involves collaborations and different notions of justice and accountability for people who leave extremist organizations. We have peacebuilding tools and strategies to help that process of disengagement and reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-1\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline\">A Community Approach to Peacebuilding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From ISIS and Boko Haram to the Taliban and Al-Shabaab, extremist groups tend to emerge and thrive in regions of instability and political conflict. Erdberg Steadman\u2019s main peacebuilding tool is the provision of research, training, and expertise to practitioners and policymakers on the causes of extremism and local solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading a global research consortium called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resolvenet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resolve Network<\/a>, which is housed at the institute, she focuses on why violent extremism is expanding in a particular community, whether it poses a threat to stability, and what policies and actions will effectively counter it. Research topics range from conflict mitigation efforts in sub-Saharan Africa to the dynamics of ethnically motivated extremism in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote record-block-bu-pullquote alignwide is-style-modern has-image-focus-center-middle has-secondary-theme\"><div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\"><blockquote><div class=\"container-lockup\"><div class=\"container-icon-outer\"><div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">There are individuals who were part of violent groups, but their future does not have to be defined by their past. It sounds lofty, but there can be restoration at the end of someone\u2019s commitment to violence.<\/div><footer class=\"caption\">Leanne Erdberg Steadman (COM\u201905, LAW\u201908)<\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the institute\u2019s long-standing strategies involves working with women in local communities. \u201cThe goal is to empower women who know their communities best and have insight into how individuals could be radicalizing. We try to develop women\u2019s agency to impact their own national governments,\u201d explains Erdberg Steadman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work began in Kenya and Nigeria through the Women Preventing Extremist Violence program and has grown into Sisters Without Borders. \u201cThis network of community leaders throughout East Africa has achieved previously unknown levels of cooperation, thwarted attacks, and changed the trajectories of people\u2019s lives,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women\u2019s roles are often underestimated, says Erdberg Steadman, \u201cas they may be perceived only as victims of violence rather than potential conscripts or powerful recruitment disruptors. We help women find their own paths and elevate their voices in preventing violent extremism, rather than joining it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional strategies involve disengagement and reconciliation. \u201cThere are individuals who were part of violent groups, but their future does not have to be defined by their past,\u201d she says. \u201cIt sounds lofty, but there can be restoration at the end of someone\u2019s commitment to violence. I am proud of how we have been able to introduce a new way to think about reconciliation because there is space for a peacebuilding lens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for policing and military force, she says that any abuse or corruption can lead to distrust and the radicalization of individuals, making the problem worse. The institute seeks to bring together government officials and citizens to work on the root causes of the problems and cooperatively rebuild security. It also developed a model for proactive community policing with a focus on increasing trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While her focus is international, Erdberg Steadman points out that much of her work at the institute is applicable to extremism in the US. \u201cResearch shows that people join extremist groups for meaning, purpose, and significance. People become deeply bonded with these organizations, which provide a worldview that makes sense to members and diffuses blame onto others. These characteristics are consistent with violent extremism in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peacebuilding strategies can help people change their views, but societies must find ways to reconcile people who leave those groups. \u201cThe vast majority of individuals who are extremist in the US are not committing acts of violence and won\u2019t be prosecuted,\u201d she says, \u201cbut communities still need ways to bring them back into society. They need to fulfill some of those same human needs\u2014like purpose and validation\u2014that were so twisted by extremist groups. There are many good groups in the US working on this, but more can be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can learn a lot from peacebuilding experiences in other countries,\u201d she adds, \u201clike the importance of community dialogues. People with hateful beliefs do not need to have them for life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"headline-2\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline record-block-editorial-headline\">A Passion for Protecting Human Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Erdberg Steadman\u2019s legal career is \u201cdeeply connected\u201d to her family\u2019s history of escaping persecution. Her father fled Poland in the 1960s, during that country\u2019s anti-Jewish campaign. Before that, his parents were Holocaust survivors. It also relates to her experience growing up in Miami, where she met many refugees who were forced to leave their home countries. \u201cThose experiences shaped who I am and my strong beliefs in the importance of human rights and respecting individuals\u2019 dignities,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In law school, she discovered the \u201cuniqueness of America\u2019s democracy\u201d when it comes to protecting human rights. \u201cEven when it fails to do so,\u201d she says, \u201cthere are levers for change in our democracy, and citizens can demand new ways to right past wrongs. I decided that I wanted to focus my career on protecting these rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax record-block-editorial-parallax alignfull has-background-color-secondary has-object-cover-center-middle is-style-content-right-split\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-media\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-background-image\"><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-figure js-block-editorial-parallax-active\" data-rellax-speed=\"-5\" data-rellax-percentage=\"0.5\"><picture class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-picture\"><source media=\"(max-height: 480px)\" srcset=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-office-detail-854x480.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 720px)\" srcset=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-office-detail-1200x720.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-office-detail-1200x768.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-image wp-image-84086\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/09\/Erdberg-Steadman-office-detail-1200x1080.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Leanne Erdberg Steadman's ('08) gallery wall. The frame directly in focus shows Erdberg Steadman with President Obama\"\/><\/picture><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-outer\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-inner\">\n<p>After graduation, Erdberg Steadman began a Presidential Management Fellowship, which involved rotations in the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Department of State. \u201cThat was my first foray into foreign policymaking and counterterrorism. At the state department, I worked on portfolios focusing on the Middle East and Africa, and I was able to spend time in the field to better understand our goals and strategies from a counterterrorism perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As director for African Affairs for the National Security Council and later counterterrorism advisor to the undersecretary of state, Erdberg Steadman learned the value of building global coalitions to prevent people from joining terrorist organizations. \u201cWhat would it look like if we empowered communities to push back on hateful speech instead of just arresting people?\u201d she asks. \u201cWhat if we could off-ramp those individuals to other livelihoods? That flipped the counterterrorism paradigm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also traveled with the undersecretary around the world to meet with individuals who had survived attacks or had been beaten or jailed for their views. \u201cThere are many places where [both] terrorists and governments are abusing the rights of community members, and it is sometimes hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys. It\u2019s important to hear different perspectives when you are defining partners in counterterrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning to the White House for the end of President Barack Obama\u2019s final term, Erdberg Steadman worked with the National Security Council as senior advisor to the deputy homeland security advisor, where she crafted responses to security challenges such as natural disasters, terrorism, and global health. She even worked on a global pandemic exercise, an \u201ceerily prescient\u201d project in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After years of government and policymaking experience, she decided to apply her passion for protecting human rights at the Institute of Peace. \u201cI was excited to join the institute because peace provides an important lens and tools to counter the idea that systemic change is only possible through violence. It\u2019s much more practical and beneficial for society to have a peace mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back, Erdberg Steadman credits BU Law with helping her discover this unique career track, particularly an international law class with Professor Robert Sloane. \u201cIt was post-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-end-of-article\">September 11 and I had spent the summer before law school traveling around Europe, having conversations with students in other countries about war and conflict. That was starting to percolate, and when I took International Law, it all clicked into place. 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