Julie Chernov Hwang: Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists - a podcast by John F. Morrison

Julie Chernov Hwang is an associate professor of political science and international relations in the Center for People, Politics and Markets at Goucher College. She is the author of Why Terrorists Quit: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists, published by Cornell University Press in 2018; Peaceful Islamist Mobilization in the Muslim World: What Went Right, published by Palgrave Press in 2009; and the co-editor of Islamist Parties and Political Normalization in the Muslim World, published by University of Pennsylvania Press in 2014. Her articles have been published in Terrorism and Political Violence, Asian Survey, Asia-Pacific Issues, Southeast Asia Research, and Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. Her special issue of Terrorism and Political Violence, entitled “Pathways into Terrorism: Understanding Entry and Support for Terrorism in Asia,” is forthcoming in 2018. Her new research project examines the pathways to entry into Southeast Asian Islamist extremist groups.



Research that has influenced Julie
1. Tore Bjorgo. “Processes of Disengagement from Violent Groups on the Extreme Right.” In Leaving Terrorism Behind. Eds. Tore Bjorgo and John Horgan. London: Routledge. 2009.
2. John Horgan. Walking Away from Terrorism: Accounts of Disengagement from Radical and Extremist Movements. London: Routledge. 2009.
3. Solahudin. Roots of Indonesian Terrorism. Ithaca: Cornell. 2013.
4. Daniel Koehler. Understanding Deradicalization. London: Routledge. 2017

Some of Julie’s Own Research:

1. Julie Chernov Hwang. Why Terrorists Quit: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 2018.
2. Julie Chernov Hwang and Kirsten Schulze, “Why They Join: Pathways into Indonesian Jihadist Organizations.” in Pathways into Terrorism: Understanding Entry and Support for Terrorism in Asia. Special issue of Terrorism and Political Violence. Ed. Julie Chernov Hwang. Forthcoming 2018.
3. Julie Chernov Hwang. "The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists: Understanding the Pathways Terrorism and Political Violence. 29: 2 (2017)

Further episodes of Talking Terror

Further podcasts by John F. Morrison

Website of John F. Morrison