Abstract
The U.K., U.S., and Canada have all sponsored countering violent extremism (CVE)campaigns focused on preventing terrorist recruitment from the West (Mitts, forth-coming). However, individuals in the Global North are still joining terrorist groups.Studies have shown that many Islamic State foreign fighters came from high-incomecountries with high levels of economic development, low levels of income inequality,and well-developed social and political institutions. This shows that despite the bestefforts of the CVE campaigns to prevent participation in terrorism, individuals willstill join such groups. Additionally, given the abrogating representation of terrorism inthe media and the stigma that surrounds terrorism, it is difficult to see why individualswould want to join terrorist groups.