The West needs to push for local action against Islamic State’s reign of terror in the Middle East. States in the region must find solutions to the conflicts to bring peace and stability.
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To maximise the long-term effectiveness of Australia’s foreign policies, there would be great value in strengthening our conflict prevention and resolution capabilities.
While Islamic State might be taking significant blows, including the recapture of the key Iraqi city, there is no reason to expect the violent and radical group will disappear.
South Africa’s peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy holds crucial lessons for a post-Islamic State Iraq.
Islamic State propaganda uses a narrative of centuries-old ‘crusader’ aggression.
The US is doing so with increasing frequency around the world – most recently with Kurdish fighters in Syria. A scholar explains what can go wrong, and why this approach is likely to continue.
Iraqis are proud of the victory in Mosul, but worried about the huge tasks ahead.
The terrorist group is trying to destroy a religious minority.
An expert on Islam and democracy examines the threat to the world’s largest Muslim majority country.
Are Chinese lives the price to pay for doing business in Pakistan?
US-backed forces in Iraq and in Syria are in the process of rooting Islamic State (IS) fighters out of their strongholds in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. In the case of Mosul in Iraq, the removal of…
Child victims are used to justify the cause, while young soldiers further it.
The destruction of the al-Nuri Mosque and its minaret is a sad blow to Iraqi culture – and a rallying cry too.
The Great Mosque of Mosul - with its iconic leaning minaret - appeared on one of Iraq’s banknotes. Its destruction by the Islamic State is an act of great symbolic importance.
Proposed new laws will restrict parole and bail to those merely associated in some way with terrorism, even when they have not be arrested for – or convicted of – a specific terrorism offence.
The sustained assault on IS’s two main strongholds could be followed by years of local and global insurgency.
There is good evidence that Australia’s counter-terrorism strategies are working.
The world’s response to two terrorist incidents in Iran was telling, and ominous.
Politicians want social media giants to crack down on those publishing extremist material. A focus on disruption, encryption, recruitment and creating counter-narratives is recommended.
An expert explains that such claims are probably more calculated and careful than you’d expect.
Top contributors
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Research fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick
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Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Research School of Psychology, Australian National University
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Professor of International Politics, Deakin University
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Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney
