Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have both encouraged would-be terrorists to use cars and trucks as weapons.
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A charity is recommending the public be advised to help each other in emergency situations.
A way in for government would also allow hackers access.
Last night’s terrorist attack in Manchester reveals the challenges facing European intelligence and security services in preventing people who use everyday things like cars to cause mayhem.
For all their defiant talk of ‘business as usual’, savvy leaders know that any good response to a crisis is also an emotional performance.
Motivation is what separates an act of violence from an act of terrorism, and we don’t know what drove Khalid Masood to kill.
A survey of what young people perceive to be the biggest threat to Europe reveals some surprising information.
Hyperbolic approaches to threat measurement don’t lead to very effective counter-terrorism policy.
Was the London attacker acting alone? Was he really a soldier of the Islamic State? Research on the nature of jihadism in the West reveals possible answers.
The ban on electronic devices in cabin luggage overlooks the airports that would be least likely to detect a bomb.
Even when a response goes to plan, lessons can be learnt.
Whatever you think of her politics, May’s decision to rise above divisive tough talk was an admirable one.
In the rush to compete, news organisations can still make basic errors. They need to remember the lessons of the past.
Police and the courts have locked up some of Europe’s most notorious mob bosses – but the next generation of would-be kingpins are even worse.
In recent years, anti-terrorism defences have become more subtle. That might be about to change.
Just when the Western world had absorbed the shock of a truck attack in Berlin in December that claimed 12 lives, it is reminded again of the dangers of “lone-wolf” attacks inspired by Islamic State (IS…
There had been warnings and the city was on high alert. Police are now conducting a major terrorist investigation.
Under the Obama administration, the US army began to recruit, arm, and finance local militias to fight the Taliban. With Trump in the White House, what remains of this strategy?
Colleen Murrell speaks to The Daily Beast's Christopher Dickey about living in and reporting from Paris in the wake of a wave of terror attacks in the last two years.
If Al-Shabaab maintains its hard stance, the possibility for dialogue will continue to be remote and Somalia’s government will be forced to intensify the war on terror through new strategies.
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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