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How Exactly Are Acts of Violence Defined?

© LA Times-FBI Agents in Austin, Texas worked from one blast to another to capture serial bombing suspect Mark Anthony…

7 years ago

How Overfishing Led to Piracy

Source: www.voanews.com In Canadian journalist Jay Bahadur’s film, The Pirates of Somalia, Bahadur travels to Puntland, embedding himself in a…

7 years ago

Legal Difficulties May Loom: Arms Sales Between The West and its Gulf Allies

According to John Irish and Emmanuel Jarry at Reuters, Saudi Arabia, and the U.A.E., “...are leading a coalition fighting the…

7 years ago

Terrorism in France: Past and Present

Photo: International Business Times, 2015 Of the 28 countries that make up the European Union, France has constantly been an…

7 years ago

Unrest Over Austerity Measures in Tunisia

Unrest erupted across Tunisia following a government decision to implement a new finance act on January 1st, 2018. The act…

7 years ago

What Becomes of Returning ISIS Fighters?

Graphic from the Washington Post[1] Since the Islamic State's collapse in Syria and Iraq, returning jihadists pose a problem to…

7 years ago

An Organizational Tactic or a Volunteer’s Catharsis: Is Suicide Terrorism Strategic for All Parties Involved?

© Copyright Glomacs Many mistakenly believe that suicide terrorism is an act undertaken by the most deranged in a group…

7 years ago

Terrorism or Just Terror: When Horror Springs From Within

© Lisa Marie Pane/AP, The Atlantic Alyssa Alhadeff. Scott Beigel. Martin Duque Anguiano. Nicholas Dworet. Aaron Feis. Jamie Guttenberg. Chris…

7 years ago

Terrorism in Africa: Will Tillerson Tip the Scale?

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to meet with leaders of five African nations this week. He is there to…

7 years ago

Jihadist Violence in Burkina Faso

Twin terrorist attacks targeting Burkina Faso’s army headquarters and the French embassy shook the country’s capital, Ouagadougou on March 2nd (Associated…

7 years ago