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To defeat continuing terrorist attacks, defenders must adapt and learn lessons quickly.
Low-tech threats have been the biggest concern of late, but the Manchester bombing reminds us of a host of security concerns.
The U.S. is considering expanding a ban it imposed in March on several Middle Eastern countries to all flights from Europe. A close look suggests the meager benefits just aren’t worth the high costs.
Reforming France’s intelligence and policing practices will be a big political battle.
President Trump wants to renegotiate or eliminate NAFTA because of its impact on U.S. trade, but the accord is also a cornerstone of continental cooperation on security issues as well.
Useful for expressing moods, emotions and nuances in messages, emojis could have another use: as your next smartphone password.
Ask when, not if, police in the UK ‘shoot to kill’ under revised policy.
Computers are getting better at identifying people’s faces, and while that can be helpful as well as worrisome. To properly understand the legal and privacy ramifications, we need to know how facial recognition technology works.
The prime minister has linked continued security cooperation with the EU to a successful trade deal. Was that wise?
Even when a response goes to plan, lessons can be learnt.
In recent years, anti-terrorism defences have become more subtle. That might be about to change.
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?
Tensions in Asia may soon boil over. If U.S. leaders fail to seek pathways to peace, the consequences may be grim, warns former National Security Council member.
You know it’s a serious problem when even Google and Paypal have been targeted.
Following reports of travellers to the US being forced to unlock their phones for border officials, here are some steps you can take to prevent your personal data from being exposed.
President Trump has asserted that media coverage of terrorist attacks under-represents their actual extent. Analysis of 50 years of news coverage answers this question, and raises others.
This year will continue to be a period of great uncertainty in Saudi Arabia. After a deterioration of relations with the United States under President Obama, the kingdom will be focused on strengthening…
Basic safeguards are not enough to protect against insider threats. It requires rethinking how to overcome the biases that cause us to dismiss the danger.
A scientific breakthrough in a vacuum may be free of ethical implications. But many developments can be used for good or evil, or both. There’s a fine balance on what to control and to what extent.
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Associate Researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University, Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor of Intelligence and National Security & Dean of Faculty, University of Hull
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Security Risk Management Practitioner & Researcher, Royal Military College of Canada
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor of Security and International Relations, Royal Danish Defence College
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Professor of International Security, Adelaide University