Editing Counterterrorism (section)

==== Non-military ====
[[File:Transparent garbage bins at Central station.jpg|thumb|upright|Transparent [[Waste container|garbage bin]] installed at [[Central railway station, Sydney|Central Station]] in [[Sydney]], Australia. The bin's transparency allows police to easily examine its contents, discouraging the placement of bombs or weaponry inside.]]

The [[human security]] paradigm outlines a non-military approach that aims to address the enduring underlying inequalities which fuel terrorist activity. Causal factors need to be delineated and measures implemented which allow equal access to resources and [[sustainability]] for all people. Such activities empower citizens, providing "freedom from fear" and "freedom from want".{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

This can take many forms, including the provision of clean drinking water, education, vaccination programs, provision of food and shelter and protection from violence, military or otherwise. Successful human security campaigns have been characterized by the participation of a diverse group of actors, including governments, [[NGOs]], and citizens.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

[[Foreign internal defense]] programs provide outside expert assistance to a threatened government. FID can involve both non-military and military aspects of counterterrorism.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

A 2017 study found that "governance and civil society aid is effective in dampening domestic terrorism, but this effect is only present if the recipient country is not experiencing a civil conflict."<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Foreign Aid as a Counterterrorism Tool – Burcu Savun, Daniel C. Tirone|journal=Journal of Conflict Resolution |volume=62 |issue=8 |pages=1607–1635 |language=en |doi=10.1177/0022002717704952 |year=2018 |last1=Savun |first1=Burcu |last2=Tirone |first2=Daniel C. |s2cid=158017999}}</ref>
{{further|Violent extremism#Prevention of radicalization and deradicalization}}