Michel Wieviorka, Auteurs historiques The Conversation France and Randall Collins, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH)
Ten years after the publication of two major works about violence, their authors meet to discuss their theories and renew the debate.
Students march on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara to honor the six victims of a mass killing after a young man went on a rampage after being bitter over sexual rejection.
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Unless people know their information is secure, how can they feel confident about coming forward to authorities?
After this episode, you’ll be able to explain how quantum mechanics affects everything from the way your jeans are cut to the headphones you use.
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Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation; Michael Lund, The Conversation; Wes Mountain, The Conversation, and Julie Carli, The Conversation
The explainer episode
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Today on Trust me, I'm An Expert, we're explaining the tricky topics: what is quantum mechanics? What does the research say about lone actor terrorism? And why do people like pimple popping videos?
A 2015 tour of an entryway into the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
AP Photo/John Locher
A tougher security approach to terrorism may be counterproductive and could even potentially undermine the supremacy of civilian government in Indonesia.
Robi Sugara, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
To prevent people from climbing the staircase to terrorism, educating people about the values of tolerance should start early.
Supporters of the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Habib Rizieq, shout slogans during a protest outside police headquarters in Jakarta in 2017.
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The attacks show not only a shift in women’s roles in violent extremism, but also the involvement of families in acts of terror.
An armed member of the Indonesian Mobile Brigade Corps stands guards near the terrorists detention center inside the compound of the Mobile brigade police headquarters in Depok, West Java on Thursday.
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Analysis from two experts on reasons behind the recent terrorist inmates’ brutal act in a maximum-security prison in Depok, West Java and how Indonesia can prevent similar attacks from happening.
Virtual reality is helping train counter-terrorism officers.
Josh LeCappelain/US Deparment of Defense
The fine distinction between expanding ASD powers but it not collecting intelligence on Australians is where the confusion lies, and that will need to be carefully laid out.
Pastoralists on a dry plain in central Mali, one of the seven Sahel countries hit by a wave of deadly attacks.
EPA/Nic Bothma
A big rise in armed attacks in the Sahel - and the intensity of the attacks in recent years - is now seen as a major source of concern.
A man places a placard before a vigil remembering the victims of a deadly van attack at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto on April 29, 2018.
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Toronto is grappling with a new normal a week after a heinous van attack killed 10 people and left many injured. Here’s how cities recover from disasters, both emotionally and physically.
A group of women pay their respects at a memorial wall dedicated to the victims of the Toronto van attack.
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The word “terrorism” has not been used officially to describe the Toronto van attack. But if it’s shown the accused was inspired by misogyny, Canadian law allows for terror to be added to murder charges. Should it?