Two decades after terrorists bombed the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Kenya has implemented a slew of measures to counter terrorism.
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Terrorist attacks are increasingly unpredictable. Manchester provides a key lesson in identifying how the gap between hypothetical plans and the reality of incidents is widening.
FBI data show that in 2015 anti-Muslim hate crimes spiked to the highest level since 2001. A scholar finds political rhetoric correlates to both sharp increases and decreases in hate crime.
The ban on electronic devices in cabin luggage overlooks the airports that would be least likely to detect a bomb.
The Berlin terror attack at the end of 2016 will have major political implications for Germany's elections this year and an uneasy European Union, writes a German studies scholar.
The latest atrocity has targeted a much-loved German institution.
Many Australians are frightened by the prospect of terrorism on home soil, but statistics show they don't have much to fear.
Is the U.S. prepared for nuclear attacks from terrorists or rogue nations? A radiation expert explains how Cold War-style fallout shelters could help protect us from this growing threat.
Lone offender – sometimes called "lone wolf" – attacks may become a more prevalent threat. What can we understand about them and the people who carry them out?
A year of violence continues with bombs in NYC and a stabbing in Minnesota, leaving many asking, why? A psychologist explains what research has revealed about the minds of violent extremists.
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.
A young boy is strapped with explosives and sent to detonate himself and those around him at a school. An expert on terrorism explains how and why children become embroiled in militant conflicts.
The French novel uniquely blends social critique, personal struggle, entertainment and aesthetics – underpinned by an irony that winks at human weakness. Can it help us in these dark days of extremist violence?
Politically unstable and bordering the world's most violent and volatile region, Turkey is at risk of descending into civil war.
Governments need to build trust, especially during a time of heightened tensions around the threat of international terror attacks.
If you only read the Western press you may not realise the worst atrocities are committed in the Middle East and Africa.
Minorities are increasingly facing exclusion from Pakistan's public realm; and it's not only terrorists who are responsible.
Côte d’Ivoire's response to the Bassam attacks shows that it is not lacking in political and security resources, and that its citizens remain vigilant in the face of terrorist acts.
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Professor of Peace-Building, Co-Director of Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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