The stabbings at the University of Waterloo remind us that violence for daring to stand in a classroom and speak is still ever-present.
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It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by horror at terrorist attacks. But the first impulse of people during emergencies is often to help others.
Marco Bellochio’s series is the latest interpretation of a murder that continues to haunt Italy.
Illegal logging entrenches systemic corruption, undermines accountability in governance, and finances insecurity.
Policies that reduce poverty, inequality and socioeconomic insecurity lower the incentive to engage in or tolerate terrorism.
ISIS-K’s recent killings of Taliban brass are part of the extremist group’s long-term strategy. Will Taliban leaders contain the resurgence of violence?
The public inquiry exposes key individual failings while previous findings suggested bad luck was at play. This shows that talking to officers on the ground is vital if lessons are to be learnt.
Justices are weighing the arguments in two cases that have the potential of changing the way social media platforms operate.
Africa’s powerhouse is about to elect its president in a highly volatile climate. Scholars have noted that each election gives way to violence, resulting in a high death toll.
While some world leaders and foreign policy experts expected IS to increase its attacks during COVID-19’s early days, travel bans and curfews helped slow violence.
The terror threat level has receded for now, but another wave will surely come.
The future and fate of Nigeria depends on the strength of character and dedication of the incoming president.
It’s likely that the terrorist group will be defeated one day. But there are no signs that the political elite is capable of changing.
For the time being, terrorism is a reduced threat in Australia. But the threat is not going away entirely.
Spiralling insecurity is one of the biggest takeaways when considering Nigeria’s year in review, in 2022.
Research using the records of offenders shows a shift online but also towards less committed adherence to extremist causes among offenders.
As the year ends, how has New Zealand fared on global and domestic measurements, from social and economic freedoms to tackling poverty and homelessness?
A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by then.
Through articles written by academic experts in the course of the year, The Conversation Africa takes a second look at Nigeria in 2022.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, The Philippines Institute, Australian National University
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Senior research Fellow, Leeds Beckett University
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
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Associate Professor in North American History, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University
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Research Fellow in Counterterrorism, George Washington University
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex