Not all terrorist incidents have mental illness as a causal factor, and most violent acts are committed by people without a mental illness.
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While broad-based counter-terrorism strategies aren’t very effective at preventing lone-actor attacks, community outreach efforts are having success turning troubled young lives around.
Counter-terrorism legislation has created a permanent zone of suspicion – but not for everyone.
The attack at a synagogue in Pittsburgh and the sending of pipe bombs to critics of the current administration are examples of the increase in the violence on the margins of the right.
We love to be scared by creepy movies. But fear has other uses too. It can be used negatively by politicians to control us, but can also be a tool to harness internal change.
After 9/11, academic investigation seemed to seek out trauma rather than signs of resilience.
An analysis of budget documents suggests that federal funding for community-based, counter-terrorism programs has dried up.
Human resources departments need to understand that these days security and data breaches are more likely to come from within.
Though more consequences are likely to develop in the post-9/11 era, the war on terror, heightened government surveillance and Islamophobia are notable legacies of this early 21st century tragedy.
Universities are never a neutral ground that can be isolated from political processes.
The extremist network al-Muhajiroun has rebuilt itself before, but that doesn’t mean it’s destined to again.
Approximately 10,000 people have been diagnosed with cancer due to 9/11. What support is available to this community, and is it working?
‘Hotel Mumbai,’ which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, is an ‘anthem of resistance;’ a film that highlights the things ordinary people can do in extraordinary circumstances.
An unprecedented onslaught from the US hasn’t destroyed the terrorist organization. What is the secret of its resilience?
The build-up of foreign armed forces does not bode well for the citizens of Niger.
Arresting JAD members and banning the group is unlikely to completely neutralise JAD’s influence because its weakness is not in the organisation’s structure, but in its ideology.
Toronto is still grappling with the fallout from two mass casualty events – April’s van attack and a mass shooting in July. A month after the shooting, how is Toronto moving forward?
For the millions celebrating on the Champs-Elysées last month, Frenchness was not just an idea, it was an intense shared experience. But what happens to that identity when the celebrations end?
The Saudi-Canadian row offers Canada an opportunity to adopt a new Middle East policy based on universal human rights that address the needs of the many and contributes to regional stability.
Two decades after terrorists bombed the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Kenya has implemented a slew of measures to counter terrorism.
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