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  • 28 Nov 2016
    • Islamic State
    • Terrorism

    Neil, an Australian terrorist

    Rodger Shanahan
    The most important aspect of his detention is it removes an active online jihadi recruiter and promoter of terrorism.
  • 14 Nov 2016
    • Terrorism
    • Indonesia

    Jakarta rally exposes division among Islamic State loyalists

  • 1 Nov 2016
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • Islamic State
    • Terrorism

    Why Indonesian extremists are gaining ground

    Sidney Jones
    No one dares draw a line and recognise religiously-inspired incitement for what it is, let alone condemn it or take measures to stop it.
  • 31 Oct 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism

    Correcting for market failure in terrorism insurance

    Anthony Bergin
    There has been little research on terrorism insurance, and it's fair to say that not all academic contributions in this area have been well-informed by current insurance practice.
  • 18 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism

    Softly softly: Should restrained response to Oregon siege inform other extremist battles?

    James Bowen
  • 23 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism

    The island fortress: How Australia's geography influences the likelihood of Paris-like attacks

    David Wells
  • 18 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Open-source intelligence links: Soldiers on Instagram, Russian submarines, Chinese drones, Syria and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 10 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Syria: It's what isn't being said that's of interest

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 10 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Intelligence and security

    The US needs to take the fight in Syria more seriously and Australian involvement will help

    Jim Molan
  • 4 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism

    The Australian Government needs to go back to basics on ISIS and radicalisation

    Hussain Nadim
  • 31 Aug 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Foreign Policy

    Greste, the West and 'the republic of darkness'

    Anthony Bubalo
  • 31 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security

    Will the RAAF be assisting the Syrian Army?

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 21 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • International Relations

    To combat ISIS, refocus international attention on Assad and revive the Geneva process

    Rima Flihan
  • 19 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism

    While the West panics about ISIS, the Middle East is fracturing

    Lydia Khalil
  • 14 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • International Relations
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Iran nuclear deal opens door for Syria diplomacy

    Bob Bowker
  • 13 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Taliban factionalism rises after Mullah Omar's death

    Graeme_Smith
  • 3 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships

    India's Gurdaspur terrorist attack: Location, timing and method

    Shashank Joshi
  • 29 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats

    Turkey-ISIS: Safe zones open up new problems

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 22 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats

    Is the war on ISIS coming home to Turkey?

    Lauren Williams
  • 16 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security

    Stripping citizenship: Information gaps and unforeseen consequences

    David Wells
  • 7 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Arab Uprisings

    Kuwait's disenfranchisement of Bidun leads to growing ISIS threat

    Anneliese Mcauliffe
  • 3 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security

    Is Egypt falling into an Islamist insurrection?

    Bob Bowker
  • 30 Jun 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism

    Rumours of a Turkish invasion of northern Syria

    Lauren Williams
  • 29 Jun 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security

    Attribution is key to broader ISIS strategy

    David Wells
  • 26 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Migration

    Who are you calling radical, radical?

    Lauren Williams
  • 19 May 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security

    Assad's regime is brittle, and it may fall fast

    Bob Bowker
  • 7 May 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Intelligence and security

    Are peace talks in Afghanistan slowly taking shape?

    Emilia Christoforou
  • 20 Apr 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Cyber Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security
    • Digital Disruption
    • E-diplomacy

    Countering ISIS online

    Fergus Hanson
  • 14 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Jihadi recruitment: The Taliban moves to the bottom of the class

    Susanne Schmeidl
  • 26 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security

    Just how absurd is the Middle East at the moment?

    Anthony Bubalo
  • 24 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and Asia

    Are the Khmer Rouge and ISIS similar?

    Milton Osborne
  • 17 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Arab Uprisings

    The shrinking space for piety without violence

    Vanessa Newby
  • 12 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Arab Uprisings

    The worrying parallels between the Khmer Rouge and ISIS

    Elliot Brennan
  • 12 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats

    Boko Haram: The later years

    Hans Brun
  • 11 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Australia needs to start thinking globally about national security

    Peter Layton
  • 9 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Applying the right lessons to Iraq

    Jim Molan
  • 6 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Arab Uprisings

    How does the Arab world view ISIS?

    Vanessa Newby
  • 4 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security

    Can Lebanon's Future Movement provide a moderate Sunni alternative?

    Lauren Williams
  • 26 Feb 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Intelligence and security

    ISIS is the least of Afghanistan's problems

    Susanne Schmeidl
  • 26 Feb 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security

    What is New Zealand's mission in Iraq?

    Anna Powles
  • 25 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Terrorism
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • International Relations
    • Geo-economics

    Julie Bishop goes to Tehran

    Dina Esfandiary
  • 6 Feb 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Asia and the Middle East

    Tough choices for Beijing following execution of Chinese ISIS militants

    Simone van Nieuwenhuizen
  • 30 Jan 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Treat terrorism like crime, not war

    Paul G Buchanan
  • 30 Jan 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective

    The French Intifada

    Milton Osborne
  • 28 Jan 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia

    Police massacre threatens Philippines peace deal

    Malcolm Cook
  • 15 Jan 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia and Asia

    Chinese media coverage of Paris shootings reflects different values

    Merriden Varrall
  • 19 Nov 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism

    ISIS beheadings are a grotesque media strategy

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 11 Nov 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism

    Kuwait steers careful sectarian course in fight against ISIS

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 24 Oct 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Terrorism

    China's Afghanistan policy: Testing the limits of diplomacy

    Dirk van der Kley
  • 26 Sep 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Terrorism at home: The law cannot save us

    Cynthia Banham
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