Many literary greats have been religious outsiders, and reading them we can relate to our times. This is particularly the case with Dryden.
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Why there’s a slender – a very slender – chance for working out a settlement at upcoming talks in New York.
Australia has again failed to secure an invitation to a meeting of the International Syria Support Group that is trying to find a political solution to the conflict.
Thomas Jefferson would disagree with Trump’s call to bar one religious group from entering the country. But that’s not to say that Trump’s idea isn’t anything new in American history.
Winston Churchill famously suggested that: You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else. Speaking with his characteristic mix of the compassionate and cerebral…
Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office Sunday night, attempting to steady fears after a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California.
With drones and modern radar technology it’s possible to target Islamic State’s oil tankers – and strike at the heart of their income stream.
To save mankind from the scourge of war… These eight words drawn from the preamble to the Charter of the United Nations have been ringing in my head for the past week. Most believe that they were penned…
The downing of Russia’s plane by Turkish military forces over the skies of the Syrian-Turkish border has added yet another layer of complexity to the vortex of conflict in the Middle East. Most of the…
With vast numbers of people migrating around the world, understanding how racial tolerance is created – and encouraging more of it – is more important than ever.
Cyberwarfare may be of growing importance, but some foes must be tackled with more low-tech weapons.
With hardliners taking charge of the government and presidency in Warsaw, the migrant rhetoric is looking worrying. But how much will change in practice?
Like France, the US faces the possibility that ISIS will attack an American city sooner or later.
Paris police were able to use information found on a phone, but what details can be found that could tackle future attacks?
The Anonymous hacktivist group engaged in an online war against Islamic State may be doing more harm than good.
Compared to 9/11, the recent attacks by ISIS were coordinated, but not costly.
Anonymous strives to bring down IS propaganda before it reaches the masses.
ISIS uses the internet, especially social media, to propagandize and recruit. Members of hacker group Anonymous have turned their sights on these accounts.
Recent talks in Vienna may help end the Syrian civil war, but diplomacy will not eliminate ISIS.
The Paris atrocities came just as Assad’s military position was improving. Can the dictator harness international fury at Islamic State to strengthen his position in Syria?
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
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Research Fellow in Counterterrorism, George Washington University
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Adjunct Professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
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Lecturer in Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Islamic History, UMass Dartmouth
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst
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Researcher, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology
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Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism, George Washington University
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Criminology and Sociology, Middlesex University