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Active armed offender situations are always tense and fluid. Even more so when the incident occurs in a public space.
This research – which is in the early stages and yet to be peer reviewed – has recorded a significant increase in antisemitic sentiment after October 7.
While Australians are rightly angry and distressed, preventing an act of extreme violence is more complicated than it seems.
We’ve sifted through verified video and social media posts to piece together everything we can about the deadliest shooting in Australia since Port Arthur.
Twenty-nine people were injured and taken to hospital in the deadliest mass shooting in Australia since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.
The recent killing of Nigeria’s Brigadier General Musa Uba shows ISWAP is a growing threat.
A new Trump administration policy threatens free speech and association by targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions.
The language and rhetoric of extremists helps fuel brutal, often deadly, violence. Spotting the strategies can help protect people from radicalisation.
Of the nearly 150 attacks that have taken place in Paris since 1974, only a few have left a mark on its ‘urban memory’. Why do so many attacks remain absent from the public sphere?
The Trump administration is threatening military action in Nigeria, saying record numbers of Christians are being killed there.
President Trump OK’d a naval buildup in the Caribbean, strikes on boats in international waters and covert operations in Venezuela. A military analyst can’t see a coherent strategy or objective.
Kristi Noem’s claim that antifa is like the Islamic State group blurs the line between protest and terrorism – a political move unsupported by evidence.
The data on antisemitic attacks is patchy but nevertheless revealing.
Scholars explain what Nigeria needs to do to fulfil its potential.
The Brazilian president said that ‘it is worrying to equate crime with terrorism,’ in direct reference to Donald Trump’s attempt to equate Latin American organized crime groups with terrorist organizations.
Security crackdowns may miss the root cause of radicalization.
Bullet casings found at the scene of the shooting were inscribed with various messages linked to online gaming and meme subcultures.
As Lake Chad dries up, livelihoods erode and Boko Haram profits, taxing fish and cattle.
Both Germany and the United States show us that laws are not enough to combat the rise of fascism- instead, we need to strengthen our democracy.
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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