In recent years, policymakers and practitioners have recognized that “hard” counterterrorism measures alone cannot address terrorism, a threat that is increasingly diffuse and unpredictable. Furthermore, these approaches ineffectively address the enabling environment for violent extremism, such as the conditions, grievances, and ideologies that may contribute to the violent radicalization and mobilization of individuals and groups. As a result, the international community has moved from a reactive to a more proactive and preventive approach that focuses on countering violent extremism (CVE). Unlike traditional counterterrorism measures, which focus largely on law enforcement and military responses, CVE programming spans a broad cross-section of policy domains and has increased the range of actors involved to include those in development, conflict prevention and mitigation, education, culture, and diplomacy….