The dangerous rise in overlapping extremism
ALLEN — While the motive behind the Allen outlet mall shooting remains unclear, the gunman’s online activity displayed an obsession for violence and an...
How Ideological Addiction Drives Extremism and Undermines Civil Discourse
When we think about addiction, we usually conjure images of cigarettes, alcohol, or other mind/mood-altering substances. We may think of pornography, gaming, and gambling....
How Relatives Can Make Radicals
We tend to think violent extremism is all about ideology, but we ignore the power of personal loyalties at our peril. Of the roughly...
Toulouse and the birth of modern jihadism
When two young men embellish a Toulouse FC replica shirt with the name of the city’s most notorious mass murderer, is it just a...
How FBI used ‘Cop City’ protests to snoop on activists in Chicago
Internal FBI documents indicate a larger federal law enforcement assessment related to “Anarchist extremism” and domestic terrorism. Last summer, a “Chicago Against Cop City”...
Terrorism a Collective Problem and its Challenges
Terrorism has become a global problem that affects everyone regardless of race, religion, or nationality. The recent US report that warned of the availability...
Where radicalisation starts and how fake news spreads
Australian politicians stood together last December to offer condolences to the families of two police officers and a civilian killed by three individuals committing...
India: Categorisation of terrorism dangerous
UNITED NATION, March 10 — India has said that the tendency to categorise terrorism on the basis of motivations behind terrorist acts is “dangerous”...
Eye for an Eye: The Dynamics of Blood Revenge in Civil War
Over the past fifty years, about two-thirds of all civil wars have occurred in countries where customary traditions of honor and retaliation regulate social...
Central Asia Needs a New Approach to Security
After three decades of independence following the fall of the Soviet Union, Central Asian countries continue to face challenges to their stability and governance....