And,he notes,political participation has the power to moderate radical tendencies and take away the appeal of extremist ideologies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

"The nation-state and the terrorist network. The spread of deadly technologies and of hateful ideologies.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

"We cannot stop terrorism or defeat the ideologies of violent extremism when hundreds of millions of young people see a future with no jobs,no hope and no way ever to catch up to the developed world,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

"But what we showed here is that we can make progress when we are willing to break free from some of the stale debates and old ideologies that have dominated and distorted the debate in this hemisphere for far too long,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.19