Rise to Peace blog

The Laptop Bomb: The Latest Extremist Weapon and Homeland Security Nightmare

© Harun Maruf-Daallo Airlines Flight 159 after an explosion from a laptop bomb The new threat for TSA and Homeland…

7 years ago

Midwest and Terrorism

Turkey Run State Park, Indiana Everyone always says write about what you know, and I know the Midwest - especially…

7 years ago

Wrong Place at the Wrong Time: Europe unsure of how to reintegrate the offspring of the Islamic State

As ISIS' self-proclaimed caliphate has collapsed in Iraq and Syria, many European States have to decide whether or not to…

7 years ago

The Defeat of ISIS’s “Caliphate” Does Not Mean the Defeat of ISIS’s Ideology

What Does the Future Look Like for ISIS? Though the international coalition in the war against ISIS has experienced more…

7 years ago

The Latest Spat of Terror Attacks Threaten to Alter or Halt the Provision of Humanitarian Aid

On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, the headquarters of the humanitarian aid organization, Save the Children, was attacked by ISIS. The…

7 years ago

The More We Sweat in Peace, The Less We Bleed in War

  The effects of War: The political, sectarian, and ideological conflicts and civil wars taking place in the Middle East…

7 years ago

FIFA World Cup 2018: Russia taking security measures to prevent terrorist attacks during tournament

© Alexandr Sherbak/TASS Every four years societies come together to watch and cheer at the largest sporting events on Earth, the…

7 years ago

The International Community Questions Whether Pakistan can be Counted on to Combat Terrorism

The International Community Questions Whether Pakistan can be Counted on to Combat Terrorism On January 16, 2018, Pakistan’s Prime Minister,…

7 years ago

A Dangerous Method:  Zurich University Study Exemplifies Double-Edged Sword of Migration Policy in Europe

Researchers at Zurich University of Applied Sciences have released data linking a rise in criminality in Germany to teenage migrants,…

7 years ago

Poverty and Violent Extremism in Yemen

For over 1,000 days now, Yemen has been devastated by horrific violence and a brutal civil war.[1] In 2014, the…

7 years ago