Comments made during class discussions about 9/11 often put Muslim students on edge, according to a researcher who interviewed 55 Muslim students in and around the nation’s capital.
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Joe Biden had long thought that the US engagement in Afghanistan was a mistake.
A change in how witnesses, victims and authorities respond to domestic violence reports paired with limited social services placed victims in a vulnerable position during the pandemic.
COVID-19 vaccine passports are being presented as a relatively simple technological solution to our current travel woes. But meaningful public debate about their merits and problems is essential.
As President Joe Biden said on announcing the US troop withdrawal by September, ‘our reasons for remaining in Afghanistan have become increasingly unclear’.
The Afghanistan War now has an end date: 9/11/21. Experts explain the history of US involvement in Afghanistan, the peace process to end that conflict and how the country’s women are uniquely at risk.
Investigations of the 9/11 attacks show that a short, unstable transition between two presidents can weaken US security. Trump’s sweeping staff changes compound the risk, experts say.
A large voter turnout among Muslim Americans may be enough to turn some of the swing states to the Democratic candidate in the 2020 election.
The Sept. 11 bombings killed almost 3,000 Americans. But if you exclude that unique event for the last two decades of terrorist activity, a different picture of US vulnerability appears.
Is music the best medium to respond to traumatic events like the COVID-19 pandemic? A recent history of such pieces suggests maybe not.
Just like in the days following 9/11, celebrities most successfully use their star power in the COVID-19 crisis when they appear to step out of the limelight, publicly praising first responders.
Airlines and airports reacted quickly after 9/11 to put new procedures in place that overcame passengers’ newfound fears of flying. An aviation historian explains why it may be harder to so today.
As the pandemic drags on, uncertainty and fears about health and safety mix with confusion and challenges tied to re-opening society. You need flexibility when picking your coping strategies.
The absence of trust in a nation’s leader and government jeopardizes an effective response to a health crisis. It also creates a political crisis, a loss of faith in democracy.
Long after a crisis recedes, residual anxiety can remain and become calcified in cultures, customs and institutions.
Canada’s free-trade obsession has made us overly reliant on global supply chains. That’s a huge unforced error given that 19 years ago, 9/11 showed us just how quickly border policy can change.
Seven of the past 10 business bailouts since 1969 have either broke even, or more frequently, ended up making a tidy profit for taxpayers.
In times of crisis, the role of art becomes more central to our lives, like it or not.
Universities can help students affected by the bushfires by learning from what others have done in past crises.
Over the past few decades, the US has gradually lowered the ceiling for refugees.
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Music, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of South Carolina
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Assistant Professor of Justice, Law & Criminology, American University School of Public Affairs
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas
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Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Professor of War Studies, University of Nottingham
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Professor in American Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Seattle University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
