Nice is an elegant and striking city, set against the azure Mediterranean. But there is history and politics behind the waving palms.
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IS claims of responsibility for the Nice attack shouldn’t be taken seriously until there’s more proof cementing the connection.
It took just one man and a truck to kill dozens of people in Nice. We could still do more to make public spaces safe.
Families and friends bereaved after a sudden trauma may need both formal and informal support to help cope with their grief.
Terror on July 14 is a clear rejection of the values of the French Republic.
France’s military forces are evident at every tourist site in Paris. The question of how to guard against terrorist violence remains one of the insoluble problems of modern western societies.
France has been in a state of emergency since November 2015, and yet a man was still able to plough a truck through a huge Bastille Day crowd.
France has a long history of protest and terror attacks from a range of different groups.
The Nice attack shows what dreadful impact can be caused by the use of an innocuously familiar part of modern life – a motor vehicle.
With the Nice attack and other terrorist events continuing to occur, the freedoms built on trust and confidence may not be sustainable.
It is probably not a surprise that a terror attack can have a major impact on people’s mental health. But what sort of effects are common, and how long do they last?
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Professor of Philosophy of Education, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Intelligence Studies, University of South Florida
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor of History, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Human Centred Computing, University of Oxford
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Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Education, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Politics, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Aston University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Senior Lecturer Criminology, Murdoch University
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies, Georgia State University
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney