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January 11, 2018 | Attack by terrorist inmate at French prison

Tunisia is often seen as a role model for the Arab world: the reality is very different indeed.

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Is it time to say ‘no!’ to ‘no-fly lists’?

There are a lot of tools in the anti-terrorism kit but we need to evaluate them all and perhaps get rid of some. This piece appeared in The Hill Times on January 02, 2020. You have to pity Adam Ahmad, the 10-year old boy who finds himself on Canada’s ‘no-fly list’. This counter terrorism tool, more informally […]

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January 8, 2016 | Terrorist attack by ISIS in Egypt

Terrorists attack tourist resorts for obvious reasons: it is a way to target Westerners and undermine a nation’s economy.

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US assassination of IRGC General will do more harm than good

The decision to take Soleimani out points to a fundamental U.S. lack of understanding of the current terrorism threat and will lead to more, not fewer, deaths.

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ISIS massacre of aspiring migrants in Libya – January 1, 2016

On January 1, 2016 more than 300 West African migrants, including Gambians, Senegalese and Nigerians, were massacred by ISIS in Libya.

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West Africa is bucking the downward trend in terrorist deaths

Recent reports that deaths from terrorism are significantly down do not seem to apply to Africa.

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Is there really any point to terrorist listings?

We need to combat terrorism on a number of fronts but it is not clear how necessary terrorist entity listings are.

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Human rights groups discuss the 2019 Global Terrorism Index

The seventh annual Global Terrorism Index covers key global trends and patterns in terrorism.

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Communist attack in the Philippines – December 19, 2018

On this day in 2018 the New People’s Army abducted two soldiers and a dozen militiamen in an attack on an army base in the south of the Philippines.

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Deaths from terrorism are down, but…

Terrorists killed less than half as many people in 2018 than they did in 2014: some trends are still worrisome however.