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Ensuring complete security against terrorist attacks, especially against vulnerable targets in Europe, is all but impossible. Here’s why.
Torn between localism and pan-Europeanism, the idea of “Belgium” means almost nothing.
The seeds of radicalisation were being sown long before Islamic State came along.
It’s going to take time and money, but the country must act on its terrorism problem.
Terrorist attacks that are locally sourced and financed are very hard to detect.
From Tintin weeping to spotlit buildings, images are rapidly circulating on social media as a way of comprehending the Brussels bombings. But where was the cartoon for those who died in Ankara? Are some tragedies “ungrievable”?
Although not an intuitive conclusion, the Brussels attacks are actually indicative of Islamic State’s growing decline and desperation.
Solidarity and support for those affected shows collective resilience of crowds in emergencies.
What goes on in the mind of a suicide bomber? What motivates someone to spend their last day on the planet blowing up complete strangers? Bad enough, perhaps, if the strangers in question are soldiers…
Scholars specializing in extremism are beginning to unravel how people – including a higher number of Americans than one might expect – become radicalized to embrace political violence.
An expert in aviation security explains why this was a target for terrorists.
Belgian police have done little to win hearts and minds in this neighbourhood.
The housing crisis has scuppered home ownership dreams for many across the UK, but there is another way to do things.
The sad history of Belgium has left fertile ground for terrorism in this struggling neighbourhood.
With the Iran deal, Obama may be repeating a famous strategic misstep from World War II.
What if Malcolm Turbull’s conception of “21st-century government” imagines a healthy civil society and a responsive economy that values debate, imagination, difference and surprise - all provided by the arts.
Even as the world was still trying to make sense of the Paris attacks, attention suddenly shifted towards Brussels with the news that two suspected jihadis had been killed in a police anti-terror raid…
Most European countries still approach the sharing of intelligence on a traditional ‘need-to-know’ – rather than ‘need-to-share’ – basis.
In Belgium as in Australia, there are no longer any surviving veterans of the Great War to witness the commemorations of its centenary. However, just as in Australia, there remains an immense interest…
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