Jihadist insurgents have overrun security positions in north-east Nigeria a dozen times in the past few months.
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Dismantling one of the world’s deadliest terror group’s access to illicit economies is key to countering its activities.
Violence by armed groups is dangerously disrupting the conservation and protection of the environment.
Terror groups use food as a tool to fight, govern and survive.
A terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir in late April has seen tensions rise on the subcontinent to their highest level in decades.
The killing of 26 tourists in Kashmir on April 22 has triggered a sharp escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan, bringing the two nuclear-armed rivals dangerously close to open conflict.
While economic and security crises coincide with an uptick in terrorist activity, the opposite is true when it comes to natural disasters.
Pakistan believes an Indian ‘military incursion’ is imminent, following a terror attack last week in Kashmir. Will nuclear deterrence be enough to prevent war again?
The suspension of a 1960 treaty between India and Pakistan has huge ramifications.
The Modi government has tried to present Kashmir as a tourist destination despite not guaranteeing security in this region of longstanding conflict.
Plots involving just one person are difficult to disrupt before the fact, but we’re learning more about what turns people into lone attackers.
Supported by UAE and the US, the self-declared autonomous Somali region has pushed back Islamists’ advances.
Pathologization can end up masking the system behind the violence, but also the collective traumas that spur further violence.
Overfishing, disease and environmental crimes cause social and political instability, economic strife and strained international relations.
The US has been a constant in Australia’s foreign policy since the year 2000. The Trump administration, though, is raising concerns of over-reliance on our top ally.
The train hijacking in south-western Pakistan represents a major escalation in the region’s long-running insurgency.
Lawful permanent residents hold many of the same rights that US citizens have, but the government can deport them on certain, often vague, security grounds.
Nigeria needs to take full responsibility for its own security governance and counter-terrorism campaign without waiting for foreign handouts.
The caravan full of explosives terrified many Jewish people in January, so why is it not considered terrorism?
The chief of the intelligence agency is warning of deeper, wider security threats over the next five years, from both friends and foes. Is the law ready to respond?
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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