The security expert says there’s been a ‘disturbing’ rise in Australians’ anxiety about national security over the past two years.
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Although the theatre of the war is far away from Nigeria geographically, the impact is being felt in the country.
Geopolitical violence abroad translates into homegrown threats in the US and Canada. Recent antisemitic attacks show how the Jewish community is a target of those threats.
Airstrikes may disrupt militants, but Nigeria’s insecurity is rooted in a governance collapse that military force alone cannot fix.
The rise of AI and synthetic biology has made deadly diseases look like a ‘low-risk, high-reward’ option for would-be terrorists.
Australia’s definition of terrorism was created in 2002. Since then, the threat landscape has changed dramatically, and it’s time for the term to be revised.
A ‘domestic terrorism’ label that comes before the facts teaches the public to treat the term as propaganda rather than factual diagnosis.
Police have charged a man with throwing a homemade bomb into a protest crowd. It’s the alleged result of an increasingly complicated style of terrorism.
It’s rare for a news day to go by without some mention of extremism. But it’s also rare for the meaning of this word to be explained – so what does it mean?
The US now counts drug runners as terrorists, expanding the number of groups is it targeting.
Climate action can ease or add to crises in the Sahel region.
The draft hate speech bill includes the biggest terrorism reforms in years, but it raises more questions than it answers.
Poverty is the common thread across the places experiencing terrorism in Nigeria.
The attack in Palmyra reveals deep vulnerabilities in Syria’s security architecture, highlighting the challenges of reforming a fragmented state after conflict.
Two US wars based on lies, in which tens of thousands of American troops and millions of civilians died, offer a cautionary tale about the rush to war.
The public needs clear, easy to remember, and updated information about current threats.
With changes to its own gun laws on the table, New Zealand has even more reason to proceed with caution after the Bondi mass shooting.
For all the government’s rhetoric on antisemitism, something has often seemed missing. It has appeared behind where it needed to be.
The Bondi shooters legally owned the guns they used to kill 15 people in a terrorist attack. The government has flagged harsher gun laws, but will they work?
Tens of thousands of people have already volunteered to donate blood. But donations will also be needed in the coming weeks. Here’s what to know.
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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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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