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.
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Political extremism has a checklist. The more boxes are checked, the closer political extremism gets.
Jihadi groups take advantage of endemic poverty, inequality, high unemployment levels, illiteracy, ethnic divisions, and poor governance to spread their campaign of violence in the Sahel region.
Any attempt to restore an Islamic emirate is likely to cost the Tablian international recognition, legitimacy and aid. This will weaken its prospect of consolidating its hold internally.
The children of Canadians who have left to join the Islamic State are the subject of a fierce debate about Canada’s obligation to their repatriation.
A guerrilla movement in Mozambique could upend the government’s plans for stability and prosperity.
Trying to reintegrate foreign fighters who return home shouldn’t be considered the soft option. Governments in countries like Morocco and Tunisia need to respond realistically to a complex problem.
With northern Mali mired in conflict, increasing instability in the centre of the country is worrying observers. The attitude of the Malian authorities holds the key to defusing these tensions.
The Bastille Day attack in Nice – committed by an individual unknown to French security services – marks the evolution of radicalisation in many ways.
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.
Anonymous strives to bring down IS propaganda before it reaches the masses.
Under pressure in the Middle East, ISIS is turning to terrorism in Europe with a new set of predictable goals.
Western media tropes of black widows, deviant sexuality and unthinking compliance fail to explain why violence crosses the gender divide.
Tackling extremist and terrorist propaganda online is vital, but must be done with safeguards in mind.
PM accuses some Muslims of ‘quietly condoning’ Islamic State ideology.
The failure of African states to adequately address their racial, ethnic, cultural, religious and economic differences provided the fertile ground on which rebel groups now prosper.
Record numbers of arrests of young Britons on suspicion of terrorism offences shows the need for a new and effective approach to online jihad.
Memories of the killing of Osama bin Laden are fading, but the legacies of al-Qaeda and the war on terror’s many ‘own goals’ haunt us in the form of multiplying threats and lost civil liberties.
Dire government warnings and counter-terrorism raids in our suburbs paint a picture of the worst threat Western nations have ever faced. A little historical perspective is in order.
Islamic State is a project built on solid foundations by jihadist theorists with decades of experience. The savagery of terrorism precedes the next stage of a caliphate that delivers longed-for order.
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Maître de conférences sur les conflits internationaux, University of Kent
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Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Criminology and Sociology, Middlesex University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor in International History, Flinders University
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Professor of Formal Philosophy / Director of Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen
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Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Reader in Intelligence and International Security, University of Glasgow
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico
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Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia
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Research Fellow in Migration, Identity and Belonging, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Director, Program Management and Research Operations of the Center for Social Well-Being and Development, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University
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Associate Professor in the Milken Institute School of Public Health, Department of Anthropology, and Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, and Director of both the Avance Center for the Advancement of Immigrant/Refug, George Washington University
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Lecture in International Terrorism, University College Cork
