The Brussels Airport begins reopening with new restrictions in place, April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Benoit Doppagne/Pool.
REUTERS/Benoit Doppagne
The U.S. and France responded to terrorist acts by passing surveillance laws. What could Belgium learn from their example?
Huge dirty bomb exercise in Portland, US.
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
Dirty bombs are relatively easy for a terrorist organisation to make. So how do we tackle the threat?
Syrian refugee Dania poses at the Sacramento, California apartment complex she lives in.
REUTERS/Max Whittaker
A majority of U.S. citizen oppose Syrian refugee resettlement. We run the numbers to put the perceived risk in perspective.
Brussels Airport bombers Brahim and Khalid el-Bakraoui had previously spent time in prison.
EPA/Interpol
Apart from having little or no knowledge of religion, the new crop of Islamic State recruits come primed for violence with a different set of skills, honed through criminal activity.
Remembering ISIS victims at the U.N., November 2015.
Lucas Jackson/Reuters
The urgent need to respond to ISIS has redefined the use of “self-defense” to include attacking a nonstate threat in another country. But what are the implications of this? change?
Omer Saleem/EPA
Minorities are increasingly facing exclusion from Pakistan’s public realm; and it’s not only terrorists who are responsible.
The nuclear power plant in Doel, Belgium.
EPA/Laurent Dubrule
Evidence suggests that the threat is not being taken seriously enough.
Is it fair to criticize Belgian security forces for not stopping last week’s bombing?
REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Ensuring complete security against terrorist attacks, especially against vulnerable targets in Europe, is all but impossible. Here’s why.
The January terrorist attack in Jakarta indicated a revival of radical jihadi groups in Indonesia.
Reuters/Darren Whiteside
Indonesia should tackle the job and income insecurities that plague its large young workforce, to help prevent them being lured into joining violent extremist groups.
Three suspects in the Brussels airport bombing caught on CCTV.
Belgian Police
How easy is it to recognise a suspect from a CCTV image?
Brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui are suspected of carrying out suicide bomb attacks at Brussels Airport on Tuesday.
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Family members share both genetics and environment to a greater extent than people in general. And this has implications for counterterrorism approaches.
Brussels remains on high alert as raids continue.
Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA
The road to radicalisation can morph from an idea about noble deeds.
Prime Minister Charles Michel holds a press conference after the attacks.
EPA/Stephanie LeCocq
It’s going to take time and money, but the country must act on its terrorism problem.
A policeman stands guard outside the appartment where Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam was found.
Stephanie Lecocq/EPA
Terrorist attacks that are locally sourced and financed are very hard to detect.
Malcolm Turnbull told the Lowy Institute Australia was united with Belgium in the battle against terror.
Mick Tsikas/AAP
Violent Islamist extremism appears to have reached a crisis point in Europe with a “perfect storm” of circumstances, Malcolm Turnbull has said.
Shattered windows after multiple explosions at a Brussels airport in Zaventem.
EPA/Laurent Dubrule
The deadly terror attack in Brussels raises the issue of safety and security at airports. But this is more about our approach to risk in any areas where people are known to gather.
Rome’s Trevi fountain lit up with the Belgian flag. Why do some violent acts prompt global artistic memorial, but not others?
Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
From Tintin weeping to spotlit buildings, images are rapidly circulating on social media as a way of comprehending the Brussels bombings. But where was the cartoon for those who died in Ankara? Are some tragedies “ungrievable”?
The world can only expect more attacks such that that took place in Brussels, as Islamic State continues to decline and lash out.
EPA/Christophe Petit Tesson
Although not an intuitive conclusion, the Brussels attacks are actually indicative of Islamic State’s growing decline and desperation.
Messages of support in Brussels outside the bourse.
Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP/Press Association Images
Solidarity and support for those affected shows collective resilience of crowds in emergencies.
Police arrive at the scene of the metro explosion in Brussels.
EPA/Christophe Petit Tesson
Fragmented policing had played a part in this tragedy – and the EU must acknowledge what has gone wrong before solutions can be found.