Nationalist movements will resort to violence if some see it as advancing their cause. When it comes to colonial powers what comes to mind? I would imagine that you would first proffer countries like England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Even Italy had an overseas territory in the Horn of Africa and Libya. All […]
Category: Perspectives
Why the West African nation of Nigeria is faced with a serious terrorism problem that it seems unable to defeat.
Everyone is presumed innocent until found guilty, even alleged terrorists or those caught up in a terrorist investigation, but do we have to pay for other nations’ mistakes?
Journalism can be a dangerous business, especially for those who work where terrorism is a real risk, like Daniel Pearl.
India may be in the news for Hindu terrorism these days but it has suffered from jihadi terrorism as well.
On this day in 1985, Islamist terrorists placed 11 bombs on the 8th century Borobudur Buddhist temple in Central Java, the oldest structure in the world.
We really need to stop debating whether the far right or Islamist extremists are more dangerous: both need to be monitored.
‘He who lives by the sword dies by the sword’: this applies to terrorists too (and civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time).
On this day in 2012 a bomb blast killed two Somali policemen and four refugees close to a camp for displaced people in Mogadishu.
There are all kinds of hate groups out there that advocate violence: how much of a threat do they really pose?