New social contract

Foresight

Better technological means and society's cooperation are needed to identify hybrid threats or terrorists before they act. However, the effectiveness of some measures depends on the values of society.
A new social contract should assure civilans full cooperation for increasing security.
Increasing threats of terrorism and hybrid warfare might lead to the emergence of a “stronger” state which will put in place measures for pre-detection and preemptive action that today are rejected by a large part of the citizens.
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The on-going struggle between the need to improve security and the wish to limit the impact on civil liberty should be a key consideration in protection policy trying to achieve the right effective balance.
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Education systems should explicitly promote tolerance and a culture of peace, while any extremism should be outlawed.

Originally Published \| Last Updated	12 Oct 2018 \| 18 Feb 2020
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