terrorism Articles

In January, the French thought they seen the worst after the Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher killings. The success of the 11 January mass solidarity march gave hope that the country – and the world – would stand united and overcome the sorrow with dignity. A number of...

As the horrific events in Paris erupted across our screens on Friday 13 November many of us will have relived the shock, pain and confusion that engulfed us here in the United Kingdom on 7 July 10 years ago. Fifty-two innocent men and women lost their lives on that...

The terrorist group calling itself Islamic State is far from defeatist – it believes it will win. Given the defeatism displayed by the international community, especially the west, who can blame them? Defeatism leads to inaction. Inaction has consequences, for the...

The rise and rise of Islamic State has partly been a phenomenon of how it communicate. Its global networked use of new and traditional media has raised its profile from being unheard of to being a byword for terror in a matter of months. Whilst focus understandably...