The great mistake was not the failure to stop the attacks, but the failure to understand how terrorism can amplify its impact through our response to outrage.
- Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
The reality is there is no military pathway to opening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump may attempt to find one anyway.
The government has granted the woman and her child a permit to come home, having previously tried to block their return. It will now be easier to manage any threats.
Aunque los australianos están, con razón, enfadados y angustiados, prevenir un acto de violencia extrema es más complicado de lo que parece.
While Australians are rightly angry and distressed, preventing an act of extreme violence is more complicated than it seems.
The relationship between the countries has gone up and down over the years, but trust and confidence has perhaps never been higher.
Both Germany and the United States show us that laws are not enough to combat the rise of fascism- instead, we need to strengthen our democracy.
Police have upgraded the investigation of the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue to a counterterrorism operation. Here’s how decisions like these are made and why they can take days.
A new report from the Five Eyes nations details cases of young radicalisation across the western world. It emphasises the role parents can play in stopping it in its tracks.
Sydney has seen two stabbing incidents within days of each other. Grim comparisons are inevitable, but what makes them different?
Tras cinco años operando principalmente en Asia Occidental, Oriente Próximo y África, los grupos terroristas islamistas vuelven a cobrar fuerza en Occidente.
After five years of operating mostly in western Asia, the Middle East and Africa, Islamist terror groups are again growing in strength in the West.
Democracy at its best struggles to enable the better angels of our nature. Demagoguery does the opposite - and we are increasingly at risk of it.
For a quarter of a century Malaysians have campaigned for something better, for greater transparency and accountability, and a more equitable, cross-communal, way of governing Malaysia.
The neo-Nazi protests are a wake-up call. In an age in which fear turns all too quickly to loathing, we can’t afford to take the values of liberal democracy for granted.
The terror threat level has receded for now, but another wave will surely come.
For the time being, terrorism is a reduced threat in Australia. But the threat is not going away entirely.
It has taken Australia far too long to return its citizens from hellish refugee camps in Syria – and treating people well will create far less risk to the country than leaving them there.
One year after the Taliban reclaimed power in Afghanistan, life for many Afghan people is mired in poverty and oppression.
At this week’s meetings, Japan and India will be looking for signs that Australia is serious about Asia. The US will be reviewing its expectations about its AUKUS partner.
War with China is very likely, but it is avoidable if we take the threat seriously and act now.
The return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan sets the stage for a new era of terrorist growth in South-East Asia and around the world.
Los expertos de Afganistán ofrecen información sobre los talibanes y explican el papel de Estados Unidos en el colapso de Afganistán.
The Taliban ‘expect a complete handover of power.’ Experts explain who the Taliban are, what life is like under their rule and how the US may bear responsibility for Afghanistan’s collapse.
In its peace deal with the US, the Taliban ‘pledged’ to prevent al-Qaeda from operating out of Afghanistan. But there are signs the terror group is already there, hiding out of sight.
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