- Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies, Georgia State University
The founder of a violent anti-government group has been sent to prison for seditious conspiracy. Experts explain what that means.
An expert on rape during war examines the emerging evidence from Ukraine that Russian soldiers raped Ukrainian women and explains the role rape plays in conflicts.
Al ejército ruso le ha ido mal y al ucraniano le ha ido bien, desafiando las predicciones de los expertos sobre la guerra en Ucrania. ¿Pueden los cuentos infantiles ayudar a explicar esta diferencia?
The Russian army has fared poorly and the Ukrainian military has fared well, defying experts’ predictions about the war in Ukraine. Can children’s fairy tales help explain the difference?
In Ukrainian history and culture, women enjoyed independence and agency. The presence of women fighters in the war now is no surprise.
The Taliban’s recent abduction of 40 people, and gang rape of eight women, has not captured Western media attention. But activists inside Afghanistan point to worrying levels of violence.
About 10% of the Oath Keepers are active-duty military, and around two-thirds are retired military or law enforcement.
With school shootings in 2021 at the highest they’ve ever been, experts on the topic offer advice about what to do about it.
Disturbing online posts and written messages were purportedly left by Ethan Crumbley in the days running up to deadly school shooting.
At least five people were killed and many more were injured after an SUV crashed into a Christmas parade. A terrorism expert explains how vehicles have been weaponized.
Mimicking other groups and making false claims of responsibility are popular deception tactics used in terrorism.
These attacks do not involve direct contact with terrorists in the Middle East. Instead, individuals already living in the US are learning the “how-tos” of jihad online.
To the terrorist, children have become but a means to an end. Weapon and target.
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.
IS claims of responsibility for the Nice attack shouldn’t be taken seriously until there’s more proof cementing the connection.
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