Tag: ISIS
Why would Islamic State attack Russia and what does this mean...
Greg Barton, Deakin University
It appears almost certain the brutal assault on a Russian crowd settling down to...
Hamas isn’t the first military group to hide behind civilians as...
Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service
The Israeli military said on Nov. 15, 2023 that it had...
We’re just beginning to grasp the toll of the Islamic State’s...
Fiona Greenland, University of Virginia; James Marrone, Johns Hopkins University; Oya Topçuoğlu, Northwestern University, and Tasha Vorderstrasse, University of Chicago
The Islamic State surrendered its...
How women wage war – a short history of IS brides,...
Jessica Trisko Darden, American University School of International Service
The names of American-born Hoda Muthana and Brit Shamima Begum have appeared in countless headlines in...
Mainstream media outlets are dropping the ball with terrorism coverage
Philip Seib, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
News coverage of the Manchester terrorist attack was sadly familiar: cellphone videos of...
2015, the year that was: politics and society
Emily Costello, The Conversation
As we approach 2016, we look back at the big stories of The Conversation’s politics and society desk over the past...
The treatment of Yazidi women highlights a historical issue…
The treatment of Yazidi women highlights a historical issue: what makes someone human?
Simon Reich, Rutgers University Newark
The recent revelations about the savage treatment...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
