The importance of understanding dangerous ideologies - 'Going Dark' by Julia Ebner
We are all different people online. Every individual, however authentic they may believe they are, adopts a filter when deciding what to...
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In Mali, the coup presents opportunity and danger
Written by Taras Trunov If you blinked, you missed it: on the morning of August 18th, reports first emerged of a mutiny at a military...
After Streatham - How our Discussions of Terrorism Fail to Create Solutions
There always appears, in any discussion of terrorism, two essential tensions within the discourse. One is the familiar problem so...
Is the ‘Anti-War’ President Keen on Conflict?
General Qasem Soleimani, a man who has killed Americans, both plotted a bombing in Washington DC and armed Hezbollah in Lebanon with...
For and Against: Are terrorists beyond redemption?
Oliver Barsby argues against In November 2019, in the build-up to an election, the whole of Britain stopped to pay respect to victims of...
ISIS: a defeated force or only awaiting their resurgence?
Ever since the barbaric slaughter of the American journalist, James Foley, which took place in August 2014, the so called ‘Islamic State’...
Shamima Begum: The Unrepentant Teenager Who Wants It All
The question on how to deal with foreign jihadis wanting to return to their country of birth has always been a complicated one, and the...
Terrorism in Indonesia: An Obsession
Phtograph: Flickr, Image Courtesy: Freedom House Following the recent Jakarta attacks on the 14th of January 2016 in Indonesia it appears...
A non-journalistic perspective on the Paris attacks
Photograph: Flickr / Moyan Brenn If you think this is going to be one of many other articles on the Paris attacks, well, think again,...
History: How it could be our best weapon against ISIS
Photograph: Flickr / A.Anis No horror movie could be as terrifying as the fate which befell Paris on Friday the 13th. Chants of "Allah Hu...
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