Terrorism
Who bears responsibility for the children of ISIS?
The death of UK teenager Shamima Begum’s newborn son and the recent video of an Australian woman in Syria calling to be returned home with her sick infant daughter has…
Christchurch attack: the dark web of terrorism as entertainment
Following the deadliest terror attack in New Zealand’s history, a flood of articles have been devoted to “understanding” the accused shooter, Brenton Tarrant, decoding his…
Five questions about the Christchurch attack
The terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch by an Australian white supremacist accused of killing 50 people as they gathered for prayer has rightfully…
Behind every mujahid there is a mujahidi
The tendency to downplay the agency of female ISIS members was explored last week by my colleague Lydia Khalil (Repatriating female foreign fighters: political not personal)…
Repatriating female foreign fighters: political not personal
The Islamic State is on the verge of total defeat. As a result, many of the remaining foreign fighters who travelled to the caliphate are coming out of the woodwork. One of…
Don’t “crush” Abu Sayyaf perpetrators, debrief them
The horrific bombing of the cathedral in Jolo last Sunday underscores the need for the Philippines government to understand more about the operations of pro-ISIS groups in…
The debate over Australia stripping citizenship from terrorists
In the aftermath of the Bourke Street attack in Melbourne last month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced two updates to Australia’s citizenship laws: increasing power to…
Disruptors disrupted: Australia’s new encryption law
Last week the Australian government successfully passed contentious national security legislation granting security and law enforcement agencies greater access to the encrypted…
Bourke Street: debating terrorism
The violence in Melbourne’s Bourke Street last Friday is still being investigated as a terrorist incident and, as with all terrorist incidents, the media and public are rightly…
Xinjiang: outrage is not a policy
If the outrage about China’s forced re-education camps serves to do anything, it will be to again demonstrate that we have very short memories. Worse than being simply misguided,…