West Point cadets in Combating Terrorism Center Director LTC Bryan Price’s “Combating Terrorism” course finished second in the State Department’s “P2P: Challenging Extremism” competition. P2P is an international contest in which university students are challenged to develop and execute online campaigns to combat extremism. Learn more here.
The cadets, who worked on their campaign throughout the fall semester, were featured by numerous news and media outlets for their efforts:
“Marketing Against ISIS: US State Department Enlists Students to Fight Terror” – VICE News
“West Point Students’ Plan To Counter ISIS Online Strategy” – NPR
“Recruiting college students to fight extremists online” – PBS NewsHour