Review – Security as Politics: Beyond the State of Exception
Andrew Neal’s thought-provoking book critiques the view of security as anti-politics and instead focuses on parliamentary politics and recent shifts in security practices.
Interview – Saloni Kapur
Saloni Kapur explains how an English School appoach enhances our understanding of security, the implications of dehumanising terrorists, and regional cooperation on countering terrorism in South Asia.
Terrorism in Africa: Explaining the Rise of Extremist Violence Against Civilians
As the US and other Western powers pivot towards threats posed by China and Russia, terrorist organizations will have more freedom to maneuver.
Opinion – Assessing Changes in How Australia Refers to Extremism
ASIO is stepping away from using ‘right-wing’ or ‘Islamic’ and instead referring to the principal motivation of the individual or group as ‘ideological’ or ‘religiously’ motivated violent extremism.
Is it Possible to Escape the Past? Race and the Radicalization of Robert Byrd and Anders Breivik
In the case of Byrd and Breivik it is an internal rather than an external exercise of whether someone radicalised can compromise their own values.
The Specter of Terrorism During the Coronavirus Pandemic
There has been speculation as to whether terrorists may take advantage of the suffering, chaos and upheaval around the world.
Review – The Kurds of Northern Syria
Allsopp and van Wilgenburg draw on interviews to provide a detailed and less romanticized account of the emergence, consolidation and crisis of the DAA in Northern Syria.
The Afghan Peace Talks, China, and the Afghan Elections
As the United States pulls back from international commitments, and Afghanistan continues to be internally unstable, China is glad to step in.
The “Drone” Lexicon
The term, “drone,” is often unhelpful and is useful only to the degree that those who use it clarify the sub-categories within it that are actually at stake.
Considering the Whole Ecosystem in Regulating Terrorist Content and Hate Online
The whole ecosystem is going to require new regulatory frameworks to combat extremist content online. Removal of content is not necessarily the best form of action.
