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Lone offender – sometimes called “lone wolf” – attacks may become a more prevalent threat. What can we understand about them and the people who carry them out?
While the French public comes to terms with a series of appalling attacks, politicians seize the opportunity to position themselves ahead of next year’s Presidential election.
The people who killed a priest in Rouen were driven by a warped agenda, not their social and economic backgrounds.
The French novel uniquely blends social critique, personal struggle, entertainment and aesthetics – underpinned by an irony that winks at human weakness. Can it help us in these dark days of extremist violence?
Emergency laws can sometimes be the biggest threat to a state and its people.
The far right isn’t afraid to admit to fear in the wake of brutal attacks like the one in Nice. More mainstream politicians would be wise to follow suit.
IS claims of responsibility for the Nice attack shouldn’t be taken seriously until there’s more proof cementing the connection.
It took just one man and a truck to kill dozens of people in Nice. We could still do more to make public spaces safe.
Terror on July 14 is a clear rejection of the values of the French Republic.
France’s military forces are evident at every tourist site in Paris. The question of how to guard against terrorist violence remains one of the insoluble problems of modern western societies.
France has been in a state of emergency since November 2015, and yet a man was still able to plough a truck through a huge Bastille Day crowd.
France has a long history of protest and terror attacks from a range of different groups.
The Nice attack shows what dreadful impact can be caused by the use of an innocuously familiar part of modern life – a motor vehicle.
Recent attacks in Paris and Brussels have taught the French some important lessons about how to deal with the threat of terrorism.
If you only read the Western press you may not realise the worst atrocities are committed in the Middle East and Africa.
Belgian police have done little to win hearts and minds in this neighbourhood.
France was left reeling by the attacks of January 2015 and things only got worse as the year unfolded – so why the political inertia?
It is probably not a surprise that a terror attack can have a major impact on people’s mental health. But what sort of effects are common, and how long do they last?
Do terrorists linked to Daesh slip into the groups of migrants streaming toward Europe? Our response to the Paris attacks and any potential manipulations shouldn’t fall on refugees’ heads.
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Bath
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Senior research Fellow, Leeds Beckett University
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Reader in Constitutional Law and Human Rights, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer Criminology, Murdoch University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Claire Smith is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies, The University of Queensland
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Challis Chair of International Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
