Walking away from terrorist offending is far more complicated than simply quitting a group or a cause. But evidence shows well-designed programs can work.
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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?
Ahmed al Ahmed’s actions almost certainly saved lives, but does bystander intervention go against official advice during mass violence events?
The suspect in a truck assault that left at least 15 dead had previously pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group, authorities say.
Police have upgraded the investigation of the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue to a counterterrorism operation. Here’s how decisions like these are made and why they can take days.
For the first time in a decade, the terror threat has been elevated. But what does that really mean?
While there has been a surge of terror plots in Europe in recent months, an attack on the Olympics would require a group to have the intent, capability and opportunity.
The recent attacks in Sydney and the Israel-Gaza conflict have complicated the government’s plans for multicultural policy reform and heightened tensions within some communities.
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
Israel’s intelligence capacities are considered some of the best in the world – but unlike the US, it does not have a central organization coordinating all intelligence.
Kenyan families with access to mass media are significantly more afraid of terrorism than those without access.
Al-Shabaab remains a strong regional actor and has proved itself to be a resilient force. It’s time to weigh a non-war strategic option
It is often difficult to place an imminent terrorist attack in a location or time.
All terrorism in the region has domestic origins but is linked to regional and international events.
Those directly exposed to toxic dust and trauma on and after 9/11 carry with them a generation of chronic health conditions, which are placing them at higher risk during the pandemic and as they age.
The World Trade Center buildings were built to withstand wind loads more than 30 times the aircrafts’ weight.
The perpetrator of Friday’s terror attack in Auckland spent time in prison for sharing objectionable ISIS material, but under New Zealand’s criminal law he couldn’t be detained for planning an attack.
Addressing American domestic radicalism will require new ways of thinking about the nation’s problems, and new ways of solving them.
The term “separatist” has a long history in France. Now it’s being used to target Muslims in a new law.
Whether the perpetrator in the attack on a Muslim family that left four dead is charged with terrorism remains to be seen. But laying terrorism charges is legally complex.
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Professor, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Departnent of Social Sciences, Pwani University
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Research Fellow in Counterterrorism, George Washington University
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Sessional Instructor, Department of Literature and Language, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Maître de conférences sur les conflits internationaux, University of Kent
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Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
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