More women are taking up training and recruiting positions in the Islamic State group and other militant organizations.
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Concentrating security in volatile areas may not be the solution, as terrorist groups will always take advantage of vulnerable areas.
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, many of the forces now shaping NZ foreign policy can be traced back to how the US responded to the terror attacks.
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.
Terrorist groups may use artificial intelligence for similar purposes, but their organizational cultures shape how they understand it.
Antifa is a scattered movement of local collectives that opposes fascism. It has no leader, command hierarchy, funding structure or record of deadly attacks.
The Houthis’ alleged support for Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia remains limited at this stage, although it is nonetheless concerning.
Given its strength and capabilities, the extremist group JNIM poses an existential threat to Nigeria.
Decades of neglect, corruption and state brutality have allowed armed group JNIM to gain the support of Mali’s marginalised communities.
The elimination of offices within Homeland Security and the State Department may force US counterterrorism efforts to rely on a solely military approach, which has proven ineffective.
Dismantling one of the world’s deadliest terror group’s access to illicit economies is key to countering its activities.
Violence by armed groups is dangerously disrupting the conservation and protection of the environment.
After its battlefield defeat, it’s unclear if the Islamic State in Somalia retains the ability to extort money from the business community.
A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a jihadist state in west Africa.
And, for the first time, this cabinet paper release contains records from the national security committee, a powerful subgroup of cabinet.
Al-Shabaab has grown rich and retained influence over much of Somalia.
The Taliban’s 2.0 government has proven to be as dreadfully extremist and discriminatory as its previous reign of terror.
Al-Qaida propaganda indicates a shift toward low-tech, high-impact attacks that can be executed by lone actors to disrupt daily life and instill fear on a massive scale.
Without the AU Transition Mission, the Somali army should prepare to face several hundred additional attacks each year.
While there has been a surge of terror plots in Europe in recent months, an attack on the Olympics would require a group to have the intent, capability and opportunity.
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Research Fellow in Counterterrorism, George Washington University
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
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Visiting Research Professor, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor, School of History and Philosophy, UNSW
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Associate Professor in colonial and post-colonial studies, University of Birmingham
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Sessional Academic, School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University