Malaysia’s counter-terrorism strategy: a top-down policy analysis of legislative, rehabilitative, and educational approaches

• Main Authors: Raja Mohd Naguib, Raja Muhammad Khairul Akhtar, Mohd Yusof, Danial
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: IIUM Press 2025
• Subjects: JA Political science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/119646/7/119646_Malaysia%E2%80%99s%20counter-terrorism%20strategy.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/119646/8/119646_Malaysia%E2%80%99s%20counter-terrorism%20strategy_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/119646/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/id/issue/view/99; https://doi.org/10.31436/id.v33iSpecial%20Issue%201.1839

This paper examines Malaysia’s implementation of the MyPCVE (Malaysian National Action Plan on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism). It takes a top-down approach and focuses on the ability of policymakers to design clear and practical policy objectives and manage the implementation phase. In...