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Islamic State has fallen out of the public attention in the UK and Europe but remains active in Africa.
Many people in Yemen and throughout the Middle East believe terror groups are a tool that Western-backed oppressive regimes have long used to maintain power.
The complex task of tackling online terror needs human eyes as well as artificial intelligence.
Convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika yesterday won the right to remain an Australian citizen. So will he go free? And what does this mean for national security?
Israel’s intelligence capacities are considered some of the best in the world – but unlike the US, it does not have a central organization coordinating all intelligence.
It would help African countries to have a common position on the Ukraine war. This should be based on its impact on food and energy security in the continent.
Intelligence reports offer information that can avert threats to national security or promote national interests.
Invading, attacking and killing adversaries abroad can boost the political prospects of leaders doing poorly at home.
Publisher Ernest Moret was detained under terrorism powers for taking part in protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.
Policies that reduce poverty, inequality and socioeconomic insecurity lower the incentive to engage in or tolerate terrorism.
The public inquiry exposes key individual failings while previous findings suggested bad luck was at play. This shows that talking to officers on the ground is vital if lessons are to be learnt.
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.
Terror alerts, such as the one recently issued by the US and UK embassies in Abuja, should be taken seriously by the Nigerian government as well as citizens.
Those who seek to cause harm are as capable of generating creative ideas as anyone else. Two psychologists and counterterrorism scholars suggest how not to overlook a new danger.
The Taliban promised not to allow Afghanistan to be used by groups seeking to attack the US, yet terrorist groups have only become more emboldened under its rule.
The US strike against al-Zawahri leaves the future of al-Qaida at a crossroads as the terrorist movement looks for a new leader.
The US gives money to help Indonesia and other countries fight terrorism. But research shows that this money might not be effective, unless it directly reaches former extremists.
The Nigerian government needs to understand that banditry is an act of warfare and should be treated as such.
It is often difficult to place an imminent terrorist attack in a location or time.
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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
