For the time being, terrorism is a reduced threat in Australia. But the threat is not going away entirely.
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Australia already has extensive counter-terrorism laws and does not need more. However, the government could more specifically target far-right groups in its list of proscribed organisations.
Nearly one in five defendants in the prosecutions undertaken in response to the January 6 US Capitol attack had served in the military.
A representative survey of American adults finds broader support for violent insurrection than many would like to think.
Addressing American domestic radicalism will require new ways of thinking about the nation’s problems, and new ways of solving them.
A soldier is on the run after being charged with the attempted murder of the government’s leading pandemic expert.
The government’s definition of extremism falls short of what’s needed, but new definitions could make things more complicated
Our intelligence agencies need to speak clearly, without fear or favour, but also without inflaming prejudice.
ASIO is changing the language it uses to describe violent threats, because it says the current labels, such as “left”, “right” and “Islamic” are no longer fit for purpose.“
New members are joining and some are leaving – as right-wing groups reorganize, scholars of the movement foresee increased polarization, with a risk of more violence.
Far-right extremists in the US have the potential to mount a coordinated, low-intensity campaign of political violence. It wouldn’t be the country’s first experience with domestic terror.
A leaked database shows at least 10% of the far-right Oath Keepers militia is active police or military – people professionally trained in using weapons and conducting sophisticated operations.
Looming threats of more possible violence signal broader opposition to the Biden administration in what could become a loose campaign of domestic terrorism.
A violent coup to overthrow the government, perpetrated and fueled by white supremacist ideology spread by the white media happened … in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898.
The fusing of Christian nationalism and violent extremism on display during the attack on the US Capitol can be traced, in part, to two incidents in the early 1990s.
Mimicking other groups and making false claims of responsibility are popular deception tactics used in terrorism.
Donald Trump has become the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. But the ignorance and lawlessness of Trumpism will have a dangerous afterlife even after Trump has left Washington.
The insurrection at the Capitol was unprecedented. So too was the coverage, according to a scholar who monitors how media reports on protests
New far-right groups have emerged during the pandemic and existing groups have become more radicalised and increased their memberships.
Despite the government agreeing in principle to the royal commission’s recommendations, nothing is set in stone — including findings of fact.
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Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Professor of International History, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in Terrorism Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies, Georgia State University
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Professor of Political Science, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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