#92 -Professor Kumar Ramakrishna Explains The Rise Of Self-Radicalization

<p>Thank you for checking out my episode with Prof Kumar Ramakrishna. This episode is brought to you in partnership with the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies. For more information on the school and its programmes see here - https://rsis.edu.sg/publications/rsis-publications/annual-reviews/Professor Kumar Ramakrishna is one of Southeast Asia&#39;s foremost authorities on terrorism, extremism, and national security. He is Dean of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, where he also holds the President&#39;s Chair in National Security Studies and serves as Research Adviser to the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research. He was first appointed Dean in January 2023 and re-appointed for a further term from January 2026, he has spent more than 25 years at RSIS and its predecessor, the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, which he joined in 2000.TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Trailer 0:42 Introduction 1:21 What the Pre-9/11 Security Mindset Missed 4:51 The Paradigm Shift After Ground Zero 10:01 Communists vs Jihadists: Two Kinds of True Believers 13:53 The Rational Logic of Suicide Bombing 18:07 Why Educated People Join Terrorist Groups 22:52 The Threats We Have Stopped Watching 31:13 Gaza and Singapore&#39;s Social Fabric 34:30 Understanding Hamas — and Iran 36:37 Singapore&#39;s Latent Fault Lines 39:46 Muscular Secularism 45:29 Securitising Of Identities 49:11 Inoculating Citizens Against Radicalisation 53:13 Family and Community as the First Defence 56:00 The Central Lesson: Sincerely Wrong 59:23 Advice for Fresh Graduates 59:47 ClosingThis is the 92nd episode Of The Front Row PodcastA huge thank you to our amazing Front Row Friends for supporting and advancing the podcast: @marinama2728@deborahchoi1455@annkowong@yewchoutan5876Full transcripts of episodes can be found here: https://www.ykeith.com/tag/podcast/Feel free to mingle in the comments below or head to...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontrow.65/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-yap/Website: www.ykeith.comEmail: keith@frontrow65.coGet access to every episode by subscribing for free on Spotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/keith-yap8 or Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/front-row/id1771599400</p>