Indonesia needs a two-track approach to its foreign-fighter problem

This commentary is published in coordination with the 2025 Global Security Forum, of which Defense One is a media partner.The leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah disbanded their al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group last June—but the schools that serve as the group’s ideological factories remain active. The Indonesian government must take action to prevent JI members who traveled to fight in Syria from using the schools to galvanize the group’s resurgence.JI had long relied on Islami