Many think that violence is central to religion, but some scholars argue it’s meaningless to single out religion rather than socio-economic factors when assessing violent acts.
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The recent Edmonton attack raises questions about a new type of terrorism and the different methods required to stop it. Labelling such attacks as the work of a “lone wolf” obscures a larger problem.
The UK foreign secretary has been talking up the merits of clearing away bodies to build a new Dubai on the Libyan Med.
The September 15 London train bombing that injured 30 was the UK’s fifth terror attack this year. A security expert looks at why Europe has been seeing more frequent and bloodier jihadist assaults.
With terrorists striking again in Spain and in Finland, one cannot help but ask – again – why people want to follow the Islamic State. Some new theories are emerging.
The West needs to push for local action against Islamic State’s reign of terror in the Middle East. States in the region must find solutions to the conflicts to bring peace and stability.
After a major defeat in Mosul, Islamic State seems to have suffered a blow that could end its goal of establishing a cross-border caliphate in the Middle East.
Iraqis are proud of the victory in Mosul, but worried about the huge tasks ahead.
An expert on Islam and democracy examines the threat to the world’s largest Muslim majority country.
Are Chinese lives the price to pay for doing business in Pakistan?
Child victims are used to justify the cause, while young soldiers further it.
Terrorist attacks in Iran are evidence that, in the Middle East, there are far too many moving parts for US President Donald Trump’s recent trip to have changed much on the ground.
An expert explains that such claims are probably more calculated and careful than you’d expect.
The way we talk about attacks is actually helping the extremists’ monstrous cause.
Islamic State has destroyed globally-significant sites in Iraq and Syria, but not as wanton acts of destruction. Instead, they are calculated political and religious attacks.
Terrorist attacks are more than ‘breaking news,’ but the media aren’t taking a comprehensive approach to exploring the underlying issues.
She is an independent young woman with a mind of her own.
A professor at Georgetown University answers three common questions about terrorism and political violence.
Trying to reintegrate foreign fighters who return home shouldn’t be considered the soft option. Governments in countries like Morocco and Tunisia need to respond realistically to a complex problem.
Under the Obama administration, the US army began to recruit, arm, and finance local militias to fight the Taliban. With Trump in the White House, what remains of this strategy?
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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