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In an apparent Australian first, an attack on a Victorian defence manufacturer is being investigated as a potential act of far-left terror.
The government’s Prevent programme has real strengths – but also limitations.
The public needs clear, easy to remember, and updated information about current threats.
A new Trump administration policy threatens free speech and association by targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions.
The decision to proscribe has arguably affected the free speech rights of the group and its supporters.
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.
Findings by a British Columbia inquiry into the vehicle attack at the Lapu Lapu festival in April show Canadian authorities have a lot of work to do to make public events safer for citizens.
Ghana stands out in west Africa as a nation that hasn’t experienced terrorist attacks. Its proactive, multi-faceted strategies offer a blueprint for neighbours.
Terror groups use food as a tool to fight, govern and survive.
Nigeria needs to take full responsibility for its own security governance and counter-terrorism campaign without waiting for foreign handouts.
An expert on what terrorism law says, and why we don’t need a new one.
The upgrading means it will now be investigated by the Victorian Joint Counter-terrorism Team, and tougher, anti-terrorism laws apply.
The Pentagon is preparing for what it calls ‘great power competition’ among the US, Russia and China.
The minister will also co-chair a meeting on counter terrorism and transnational security.
Growing numbers of insurgents, terrorists and extremists are using the FGC-9 3D-printed gun. Here’s what I learned about the man who created it, and the dark world he inhabited
Without the AU Transition Mission, the Somali army should prepare to face several hundred additional attacks each year.
Connections between smuggling and other forms of serious organised crime remain largely unverified.
Historically, Canadian police have disproportionately targeted Muslim communities in counter-terrorism efforts, while far-right extremists received comparatively scant scrutiny. Is that changing?
The use of drone strikes raises a host of ethical issues. US military chaplains − the armed forces’ moral conscience − have questions.
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Associate Professor in North American History, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University of London