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Dispatch The former 取 eo ・ Na helping returning ISIS fighters 亡 go 0f hate By CharIotte McDonaId- Gibson/ViIvoorde DECADES BEFORE ISIS EXISTED AND THE TERM FOREIGN fighters came tO mean Western Muslims traveling tO lraq and Syria, a 15-year-01d Italian-American kid from Chicago sat down and wrote a letter. Christian Picciolini had been strug- gling t0 fit in after his parents moved t0 a new neighborhood, and he had been taken under the wing of an older man who spoke about pride, honor, heritage. NOW he wanted t0 show his new friends his commitment tO the cause. "l sent an ap- plication tO the South Africa Afrikaner Resistance Movement because I wanted t0 go and fight for apartheid; ” says Picci0- lini, now 43 , whose arms still bear the tattOOS that marked his allegiance t0 white extremist gangs. He could have been the original foreign fighter; ” he says. "Luckily, they sent me a let- ter back saying I was t00 young. Now PiccioIini, who le 仕 the neo-Nazi movement in 1995 , is using his experiences t0 help others wh0 have fallen under the influence Of extremism—foreign fighters returning from the ISIS heartlands. "My story is no different from somebody who flew to Syria; ” he says. That's how he came to spend a long night last Oct0ber pacing the streets 0fBrussels with a 26-year-old Muslim who traveled t0 Syria t0 fight for ISIS. The pair talked for hours, one strand Of a pioneering new pro- gram to help former fighters return to society and break from their extremist pasts. NOWHERE IN EUROPE iS the issue Of returning foreign fight- ers more urgent than in Belgium. Among E. U. countries, it has the highest per capita number of foreign fighters—around 500 are reported t0 have le 仕 , a rate 0f41 fighters per mil- lion people. NOW the men and women are starting tO come back. An April 2016 report by the lnternational Centre for Counter-Terrorism in the Hague estimated that about 30 % 0fthe total 4 , 294 Europeans who had fought with ISIS and Other extre mist groups had returned. As the international anti-ISIS coalition moves tO retake Mosul in lraq and Raqqa ⅲ Syria, that number is expected to rise sharply. And yet there is no E. U. -wide program t0 tackle the challenges ofre- integrating these men and women. ln Belgium, all kno 、Ⅵ 1 re- turning fighters are questioned by the police, with the judi- cial authorities then deciding whom tO prosecute. Some will serve prison sentences, but in cases Where there iS not enough evidence 0f a crime, the people will simply be returned t0 their home in Belgium, under varying degrees 0f surveillance. Then it is up tO the individual municipalities tO decide how tO reintegrate them. Right now, most are just leaving it tO the se- curity services. NotVilvoorde; instead, the municipalityjust outside Brus- sels is spearheading a new approach tO reintegrating peo- ple back into the societies they rejected, providing tailored SOCial assistance in everything from education tO marriage 36 TIME February 27—March 6 , 2017 0 counseling. "There are still some COI- Christian leagues ofmine who dream that this Picciolini, iS something we can avoid' ” says Hans pictured here in Bonte, the mayor ofVilvoorde. He the early 1990S , is determined tO tackle the issue in a iS drawing 0 hiS humane way but concedes that there past as 0 white are many challenges. DO you treat the supremacist tO returning fighters as e nemies Of the ゆ others state and potential attackers, or the vic- tims ofbrainwashing in need oftreat- ment and help? That's especially perti- nent in a country that suffered a terrorist attack on March 22 , 2016 , when a cell of Belgian lslamists—most ofwhom had spent time in Syria—detonated bombs at Brussels Airport and on the city's metro, killing 32 people. "lt's not a pop- ular topic; ” says Jessika Soars, wh0 heads the counter-radicalization team in Vil- voorde. "Already within my own family I am having t0 defend the idea that you are helping terrorists. With a hostile reception from their neighbors, and security experts warn- ing that they could pose a threat, the risk is the returnees could become yet more isolated, continuing the cycle Of COURTESY OF C 工 RISTIAN PICCIOLINI 0

CP 引卩月 agents provocateurs and overt military threats in Estonia, Serbia, Moldova and Other East European countries, Putin is attempting tO undermine the democratic governments offormer communist countries, threatening the security Of millions ofpeople. Farther west, he is pursuing alliances with nationalist, anti- E. し forces in France, Germany, Hungary and Other major democracies. Perhaps the most important front in this new conflict has been unfolding in the West Wing. Over the course ofthe past three months, according tO sen10r Trump Administrati0 n offlcials and others who have participated, quiet but consequential talks have taken place there over whether the U. S. should resist putin in hiS new campaign or cede tO Rus Sia a sphere Of influence in E astern Europe. ln return for the latter, the theory goes, Russia wouldjoin the U. S. ⅲ an alliance against ISIS, work tO reduce nuclear-weapon stockpiles and help constrain China. D onald Trump has publicly annunciated parts Ofsuch a grand bargain, as have top advisers Steve Bannon and National SecurityAdviser weak. ltS economy has been in recession A woma れ walks ⅲ 0 可 0 Serbian- Michael Flynn, who was forced to for two years and is smaller than that 0f nationalist mural showing Trump resign on Feb. 13 for his back-channel ltaly. Moscow's only aircraft carrier, a 0 れ d 2 砒ⅲⅲ BeIgrade 0 れ Dec. 4 , 2016 Soviet-era diesel clunker, barely coughed conversations with a Russian diplomat. The White House offlcials who have its wayback and forth t0 Syria over the advocated such a deal in whole or quelled the appetite for a deal. past six months, losing tWO planes tO part see nationalism as the basis for Those who have spoken with Trump accidents along the way,. Russia has been all-important fights against lslamic about a grand bargain with Russia begging the U. S. t0 form an anti-ISIS extremism and China's rise. say it appeals tO the businessman in alliance, no strings attached, and Putin Opposing a Russia deal are such him. "The President really desires tO has already expressed a desire, in hiS Cabinet secretaries as Defense dO deals, and he wants tO be seen as first post-lnauguration phone call with Secretary James Mattis and Secretary someone who's able t0 change the way Trump, tO pursue renewed arms-control of State Rex TiIIerson, who, backed by the U. S. approaches the world,: ” says measures. Ceding Eastern Europe tO virtually the entire Washington foreign Senator Bob Corker ofTennessee, the Moscow—something that has been policy establishment, view multilateral close t0 heretical in Western diplomacy Republican head 0f the Senate Foreign alliances as crucial tO maintaining hard- Relations Committee, whO argued since Yalta—in exchange for freebies won stability in Europe and beyond. against big deals with Russia in detailed 'would be both stupid and immoral Flynn's ouster makes it politically conversations with Trump on NOV. 29 and would reverse every fundamental more difflcult for those who would ⅲ New York City, when he was being tenet ofAmerican foreign policy since like tO advance a pro-Moscow strategy. interviewed for Secretary Of State. "But World War Ⅱ , ” says Eliot Cohen ofJohns They were further set back on Feb. 14 , doing deals for deals' sake without Hopkins Univers ity, one 0f America's when the NewYork Times reported that knowing what direction [they take us], foremost conservative foreign policy Trump's aides had repeated contacts that could b e hugely harmful to our experts. with senior Russian intelligence offcials nation and tO the rest Of the Western NO decisions on a deal With ⅲ the year before the U. S. presidential world,: ” Corker says. Russia are imminent, but lingering election. As multiple law-enforcement, lt is unclear if the grand bargain uncertainty over U. S. commitment tO intelligence and congre s sional was originally an American notion or East European democracies is helping investigations advance, the room for one floated by Moscow. Critics wonder tO redraw the lines in the meantime. what benefit such atrade could have rapprochement with Russia is shrinking, Leaders in Bulgaria and Moldova are but within the White House, that has not for Washington. Russia, they argue, is listing back toward Moscow. And 22 TIME February 27—March 6 , 2017 り & 0V0 0 PREVIOUS PAGES: TIMOT 工 Y FADEK—REDUX; THIS PAGE: MARKO D 」 URICA—REUTERS

NORWAYN imposed against the S oviets during the Cold War, the Russian gunmen continued seizing government buildings 第 NATO 1949-1982 around the cities ofDonetsk and ■ 1999 (CLINTON) Luhansk and installing warlords to rule ■ 2004 (). W. BUSH) them. The result has been a separatist ■ 2009 (OBAMA) conflict that has so far killed more than NOTE: 1949 ・ 1982 COUNTRIES NOT SHOWN INCLUDE THE U. S ” 10 , 000 people and displaced more than CANADA, ICELAND, PORTUGAL AND SPAIN 2 million. Dozens died during the latest flare-up ⅲ fighting, whichbegan after Putin and Trump had their first po st- lnauguration phone call on Jan. 28. Putin has tested the West before in Estonia, one ofthe five NATO members that directly border Russia. ln September 2014 , a group 0fRussian troops allegedly stormed across that border with the help of smoke grenades and radio jammers, kidn 叩 ped an Estonian security Off1cer and tOOk him back tO Moscow to stand trial for espionage. The raid, which came two days after President Obama visited th country, was intended tO shOW that "Russia does what it wants in this part Of the world,: ” Urmas Reinsalu, an Estonian lawmaker and former Minister of Defense, told the newspaper Postimees anti-E. U. candidates in France and Montenegrins worrying whether they'll at the time. Germany are finding CO Ⅱ 1n10n cause With make it. "lf Putin asks Trump not tO Such provocations, along with Moscow ahead ofelections later this admit Montenegro and really gives him persistent Russian cyberattacks and ye ar, S OW1ng concern among traditional something in return, we don't knowwhat violations 0fNATO airspace, have forced U. S. allies. "The liberal international will happen; ” says Nebojsa Med0jevic, the alliance to confront its own weakness order that the United States and its a Montenegrin lawmaker who backs in dealingwith Moscow's new approach European allies have upheld since NATO membership. Trump has yet to to warfare. Under Article 5 0fNATO's the end ofWorId War Ⅱ is in danger say whether he supports the country's founding treaty, all ofits members are Of unraveling; ” a recent Carnegie obliged t0 defend one another in case accession tO the alliance. Endowment report on the breakdown ⅲ Ofan attack. But what constitutes an lt is Montenegro's warm, deep- U. S. -Russia relations warns, "and there water port in the Mediterranean that attack is not so clearly defined. Could cyberattack require a NATO response. is mounting concern that the United makes it especiallyvaluable t0 Putin, States may abandon its commitment tO and he is known to push hard when And what ifthe attackers were disguised preserving this order. ” he thinks his strategic interests are at t0 look like local paramilitarie s ? stake. With its assault against Crimea The U. S. has been pushing back wit MONTENEGRO, a nation with fewer more traditional measures. A week ー in 2014 , the Kremlin undertook the inhabitants than S an Francisco and a first territorialland grab by a major before Trump's lnauguration, a rotatio military Ofonly about 2 , 000 members, ofsome 4 , 000 U. S. troops arrived in power ⅲ Europe since World War Ⅱ . has been conquered by one great power Russian special forces disguised as local Poland. But Putin hasn't limited hi s after another for most ofits history, self-defense units took control ofthe efforts tO Central and Eastern Europe. from ancient Rome to the Third Reich. Crimean parliament in the cours e Of The project ofEuropean integration is After 10 years of talks and trial runs , the one day that year. They installed a loyal fraying, with Britain's VOte tO leave the country is now on the cusp ofjoining the Prime Minister, Sergei Aksyonov, WhO E. U. and the rise ofanti-E. U. parties. world's most powerful military alliance, set the stage for Russia tO annex the R1ght on cue, Putin has stepped up t0 this time voluntarily. lts leaders signed Offer an alternative: a muscular brand peninsula outright. accession documents with NATO in ofnationalism that defines itselfin Some ofthose same commandos, May, and 24 0fthe alliance's 28 members who became known as the "little green opposition t0 the liberal values 0fthe have already ratified its membership. ” then appeared in Ukraine's eastern West. He's found plenty ofadmirers. Only Spain, Canada, the Netherlands regions. As the West moved tO isolate During his first offcial trip t0 Europe and the U. S. are le 仕 . Trump has Russia With sanctions harsher than those since Trump tOOk Offce, putin chose tO NATO EXPANSION SINCE 1991 日 NLAND SWEDEN . 、 ESTONIA LATVIA , LITHUANIA DENM 物壟な SWITZ BELARUS RUSSIA 1 、 GERMANYI POLAND UKRAINE CZECH REP. SLOVAKIA M 0 Ⅷ AUSTRIA HUNGARY SLOVENIA C 0 川 A ROMANIA 、刊郎 EY. ん c に SeO SERBIA BULGARIA BOSNIA & H ERZ. MONTENEGRO REECE. ALBANIA MACEDONIA 2

TheBrief TICKER Etan 20 killer convicted Pedro Hernandez, 56 , was found guilty Of kidnapping and killing Etan Patz in 1979. The disappearance ofthe 6-year-oId, one ofthe first missing children tO appear on a milk carton, brought the issue Of vanished youths tO national prominence in the U. S. Parisprotests turn violent Protests in France over the alleged assault and rape Of a young black man by police officers in the Paris suburb Of Aulnay-sous-Bois led tO over a weekofrioting and vandalism in the city's outer districts. Locals fear the unrest could spark a repeat Of 2005 ' s wave of riots. Ⅳ 0 盟 - era anthem flub stirs anger The United States Tennis Association offered itS "sincerest apologies ” tO a Ger- man women'stennis team after an outdated Nazi-era stanza in the German national anthem was acciden- tally sung during the opening ceremony Of a tournament in Hawaii. Ⅳ 0 sexfor halfof Japanese couples AS 」 apan grapples with economic problems caused by its long-term population decline, a new surveyfound that 47.2 % of married men and women in 」 apan had not had sex for more than a month and did not expect that tO change in the future. THE RISK REPORT Trump has a wish list tOO. He wants a Sorry, Brits: Abe and free-trade agreement that will openlong- restricted sectors ofJapan's economyto U. S. Trump have the real companies. TO Abe's dismay, Trump killed 'special relationship' the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an enormous deal involving the U. S. ,Japan, and 10 other By lan Bre countries, not including China. A new deal withJapanwould help Trump prove he cuts PRESIDENT TRUMP ROLLED OUT THE RED A new deal carpet for Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe better deals than Barack with Jap an on Feb. 10 for three days oflavish praise, Obama did. Trump would help elaborate dinners, lots ofgolf and a ride on will also welcome the Trump Air Force One. More important, the two U. S. -J 叩 an Growth and prove he leaders appeared to make real progress on Employment lnitiative cuts better economic and security deals. Compare thatAbe brought with that with what's beginning to look like an de als than him. By increasing awkward Trump relationship with Britain Japanese investment in Barack and it's easy t0 see that the U. S. andJapan U. S. infrastructure and Obama did have the new "special relationship. proposingjoint work on There'S a reasonAbe was the first foreign robotics and artificial leader t0 fly tO meet Trump ⅲ November, intelligence, Abe pledges to create goodjobs just days after his victory. As China rises and for U. S. workers, Trump's top priority. North Korea flexes, Abe needs a lot from the Trump mustbe pleased to have the U. S. President. First is his commitment to leader ofthe world's third largest economy, a sustained engagement in Asia. ln particular, country he has criticized for years, courting Abe wants Trump tO continue tO honor the his favor on a global stage. And Abe can afford 1960 U. S. -Japan Treaty 0fMutual Cooperation t0 indulge Trump because, unlike Britain's and Security and reaffrm that it applies to Theresa May, he is ⅲ firm political control at islands ⅲ the East China Sea claimed by both home. Japan offers Trump another advantage: Japan and China. he'd receive awarm welcome in comparison Abe SO wants the U. S. t0 boostJapan's tO the furious protests awaiting him during his military capabilities. He wants missile- planned state visit tO the U. K. in the summer. defense protection, allthe more important Yet there's danger forJapan, because its given North Korea's test ofaballistic missile future depends on economic dynamism, not on Feb. 12 , and closer links to U. S. early- military strength lt must not simply contain warning radar and satellite networks. Finally, but more deeply engage W1th china. ln the Abe has long dreamed ofacquiring abetter long run, good relations withWashington are offensive strike capability to deter both China crucial—but it's China's Presidentwhom Abe and North Korea. should reallybe courting. er ロ WORLD Where national breakups are ⅲ the cards The Faroe lslands will ho a referendum in April 2018 on a new constitution, potentially paving the way for a VOte on independence from Denmark. lt's not the on ツ region considering going it alone. ー「 a 」 0 わ n JUNCKER: EMMANUEL DUNAND—AFP 、 GETTY IMAGES CATALONIA The Spanish region's separatist leader, Carles Puigdemont, recently promised a binding referendum before October. But the government in Madrid opposes a vote, calling it unconstitutional. PUERTO R ℃ 0 The debt-stricken U. S. territory will hO a nonbinding referendum on 」 une 11 , itsfifth such VOte. Voters will choose between statehood (and the federalfunds that come with it) and independence. SCOTLAND SCOts narrowly rejected independence from the U. K. in 2014 , but the government is mulling another baIIOt after a ma. 」 ority Of Scots voted tO remain in the E. U. in 」 une's Brexit vote.