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In several EU countries, more than a quarter of the population has been unemployed for close to a decade, and political discontent is boiling over into
extremism.
Four years ago I wrote an essay on Mircea Eliade and his involvement in the right-wing
extremism
of the 1930s.
US military strikes against Syria would further fuel
extremism
and result in widespread atrocities by the rebels against Syrians of all faiths.
Pakistan had changed, as military dictatorship and religious
extremism
in the north played havoc with the fabric of society.
Many feared mass unemployment, a tidal wave of bankruptcies, millions of families evicted from their homes, the social safety net strained to the breaking point, and perhaps even riots and a resurgence of the political
extremism
that brought Hitler to power in Germany during the depression of the 1930’s.
After all, its main problem is not immigration, but the integration of the second generation of immigrants – and the
extremism
that failure on that front can beget.
To keep these countries on board, he has been at pains to show that
extremism
is a universal concern that transcends the Muslim world.
But Obama's effort to universalize the problem of
extremism
has exposed him to the charge of relativizing the Islamic State – and thus ignoring its true nature – by claiming a moral equivalence between it and political
extremism
elsewhere in the world, including in the US.
Indeed, since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster last year, security in Sinai has deteriorated, and the region has become fertile ground for Islamic
extremism.
If the US really wants to undercut terrorism, it must recognize the interconnectedness of extremism, poverty, and environmental degradation, and it will need to understand the struggles for survival that are underway among the poor everywhere.
The Iraq conflict, by contrast, is part of the world’s first global insurgency – the web of individual conflicts spawned by Islamist extremism, most of them related in some way to al Qaeda, and the global war on terrorism.
A Communist member of parliament, André Gerin, warned that terrorism and
extremism
were “hiding behind the veil.”
Instead, they should work systematically to discredit what British Prime Minister Theresa May has called “the evil ideology of Islamist extremism.”
Similarly, the ECB might consider not only how monetary accommodation allowed governments to run large budget deficits in the 1920’s, but also how central bankers’ failure to respond to the financial crisis of the 1930’s fed political
extremism
and undermined support for responsible government.
At the other end, conservatism in many European countries has historically veered too close for comfort to right-wing
extremism.
They fuel cross-border organised crime, trafficking in human beings and illicit migration, as well as the drugs trade, religious
extremism
and terrorism.
There are fragile states to contend with, as well as the dangers of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, authoritarian regimes, and the threat of
extremism.
In a recent book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the economist Thomas Piketty highlights the phenomenon of “meritocratic extremism” – the culmination of a century-long passage from the old inequality, characterized by inherited wealth and discreet lifestyles, to the new inequality, with its outsize bonuses and conspicuous consumption.
Following America’s military withdrawal, Afghanistan will most likely revert to pre-war conditions;Pakistan will revive state-sponsored terrorism against India; and
extremism
will spill into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
And, of course, the resurgence of nationalism and
extremism
of all kinds around the world is a potent reminder, as if any were needed, that peace is not to be taken for granted.
Jihadi
extremism
cannot be defeated unless the mainstream wins.
Rooting out
extremism
in Iraq and Syria will also require a more nuanced reckoning with the role of external powers, particularly the Gulf States.
The Consequences of Korean ExtremismSEOUL – Once again, the Korean peninsula is experiencing one of its periodic bouts of extremism, this time marked by the suicide on May 22 of former president, Roh Moo-hyun, and North Korea’s second test of a nuclear device.
As a Korean, I am always puzzled by Korean
extremism.
Cornelius Osgood, an American anthropologist, attributed Korean
extremism
to the peninsula’s weather.
I believe, however, that Korean
extremism
stems from the country’s geography and history.
Nevertheless, in Gaza’s political milieu, Hamas is a moderate Islamic group that opposes al-Qaeda-style
extremism.
The Salafi groups, however, appear increasingly influenced by the growth of radical al-Qaeda-style
extremism
in Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
The threat of Salafi
extremism
in Gaza is far from over.
Is Europe's right doomed to extinction or
extremism?
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