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The process of radicalisation is a complex system that cannot be reduced to the brain, behaviour, or environment. It exists at the intersection of all these elements.
The scheme has many critics, but the numbers show that it’s working well.
Drones are a tool to manage the threat of al-Shabaab, but there’s no way they’ll defeat the group entirely.
Despite the publication of promising new statistics on referrals to the Prevent counter-terrorism programme, the strategy remains a blunt instrument.
Changes proposed in a new counter-terrorism bill would make the line between pre-criminal and criminal actions ever more uncertain.
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.
If Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen had not been Muslim, it is highly unlikely he would have been imprisoned in a Supermax facility for four weeks on flimsy evidence.
Counter-terrorism legislation has created a permanent zone of suspicion – but not for everyone.
An analysis of budget documents suggests that federal funding for community-based, counter-terrorism programs has dried up.
An unprecedented onslaught from the US hasn’t destroyed the terrorist organization. What is the secret of its resilience?
Two decades after terrorists bombed the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Kenya has implemented a slew of measures to counter terrorism.
Social isolation feeds into extremism and terrorism.
Lecturers remain concerned about limits the Prevent duty places on freedom of expression.
Trained and funded by Australia and the US, Detachment 88 is winning the fight against terrorism in Indonesia, though not without some controversy and continued challenges.
The bill makes it easier for states and territories to seek help from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to respond to terrorist and other violent occurrences.
Terrorists are wealthy. They’re poor. They’re Christian. They’re atheists. They come from all over. That’s why US counterterrorism efforts must be more nuanced than just barring Muslims.
When it comes to ongoing security co-operation, mutual trust is crucial – but that is currently lacking.
Unless people know their information is secure, how can they feel confident about coming forward to authorities?
A tougher security approach to terrorism may be counterproductive and could even potentially undermine the supremacy of civilian government in Indonesia.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in North American History, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Research Fellow, Research School of Psychology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism, George Washington University
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Professor of International Politics, School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Rwanda
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Reader in Constitutional Law and Human Rights, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Technology, The Open University
