On Countering Violent Extremism and Engaging Communities

The Public Diplocast

In Episode 3: On Countering Violent Extremism and Engaging Communities, The Public Diplocast speaks with noted Homeland Security expert and USC Professor, Dr. Erroll Southers. Southers discusses the role of countering violent extremism in public diplomacy, how communities are working to address radicalization, and how information sharing plays a key role in counterterrorism. Dr. Erroll G. Southers is the Director of the Safe Communities Institute and Homegrown Violent Extremism Studies at the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy, where he is also a Professor of the Practice of Governance. Dr. Southers also serves as the Director of International Programs of the Department of Homeland Security National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) at USC. Previously, he also served as: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Deputy Director in the California Office of Homeland Security; Chief of Homeland Security and Intelligence for the Los Angeles World Airports Police Department, and President Barack Obama’s first nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security Administration. Dr. Southers is the author of Homegrown Violent Extremism, a book investigating radicalization, recruitment and ideological trends in domestic terrorism and extremism. Find more episodes here: http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/story/cpds-podcast-series