Terrorist groups aim to incite both terror and power-projection. Such deadly tactics also hope to spark an over-reaction that will feed into their propaganda and divide societies.
ISIS uses the internet, especially social media, to propagandize and recruit. Members of hacker group Anonymous have turned their sights on these accounts.
Children light candles near the site of the attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
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After November 13, teachers in France asked themselves how they could talk to their students about the violence. The answers are both creative and deeply moving.
Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Peter Jennings has strongly criticised the decision to lease the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company.
Sydney Opera House is illuminated in the colours of the French flag in a display of solidarity after the attacks on Paris.
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Islamic State terrorism and propaganda are designed to provoke often predictable responses. We naturally respond with displays of outrage and solidarity, but we should beware the trap of division.
Calls for Islamic reform overlook the political motivations of extremism, and attack fundamental religious practices.
Elias Pirasteh