‘Denial of service’ cyberattacks are increasingly used to shut down websites. New research reveals that 911 call centers are vulnerable to the threat as well.
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Articles on 9/11 (September 11)
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If police officers are sent to museums to train observational skills, shouldn’t literary texts be used to teach empathy?
The effects of terrorism on businesses are wide ranging but some are learning how to adapt to risk and use it to their competitive advantage.
What we and other responders learned that day would go on to spark major changes in U.S. emergency response efforts.
Scarred by disastrous wars and thousands of deaths caused by terrorism, the world is still reeling from the events of September 2001.
The debates surrounding the 9/11 novel have been as informative as the novels themselves.
We may feel like flashbulb memories of dramatic events are more accurate than ordinary memories, but are they really? An experiment begun Sept. 12, 2001 sheds light.
Even indirect exposure to the terrorist attacks of September 11 has left profound and deep impact on those too young to remember a world before that.
Tragedies involving building collapses prompt structural engineers to figure out what happened, and how to prevent it from recurring.
Are terrorist attacks also an implicit design critique of our urban landscape? An architect and urban designer suggests we can fight terrorism by not building obvious targets.
The National Incident Management System (NIMS), created after 9/11, has helped government agencies respond to large-scale emergencies, including mass shootings and the Boston Marathon bombing.
Those involved with the monumental task faced many challenges as they balanced the unquestionable priority of remembrance with the commercial task of recreating an economically vibrant downtown.
Improvised rescues, such as boat owners saving people in flooded Louisiana, have become an integral part of federal and state disaster response efforts.
The protagonist in the novel ‘The Silent Minaret’ gets us to question that powerful political-cultural myth of being tied to nation. That is a remarkable achievement in fiction.
‘American Idol’ fittingly appeared nine months after 9/11 – and ends just in time for Donald Trump’s rise.
The reporting of terrorist atrocities is polarising opinion in a way that is dangerous for the craft of journalism.
Getting out in a crisis is often harder than it looks. But science can help.
The final article of our series on the historical roots of Islamic State examines the role recent Western intervention in the Middle East played in the group’s inexorable rise.
Representing even the Crusades as wars between Christians and Muslims is a gross oversimplification and a misreading of history.
Despite what we’re told, religion isn’t inherently peaceful. People kill in the name of their religion, just as they love in its name.
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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
