Terrorism Archive
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Pathogens, Planes, and Panic: The U.S. and Global Health Security
Posted on February 27, 2014A pandemic nearly always guarantees a big headline as it leaves us wondering where we went disastrously wrong in our perceptions. The 2004 SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak that ... -
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Terror on States or States of Terror?
Posted on December 14, 2013Ask yourself this question: what are the first images that come to mind when you think of a terrorist? I was asked this question not too long ago and was ... -
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Kyrgyzstan after the closure of Manas Transit Center
Posted on November 12, 2013After years of negotiations, threatened evictions, and rent hikes, the Kyrgyz national government has settled on the decision to evict the United States from the Manas Transit Center at Manas ... -
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WMD: Three Letters that Caused Ten Years of Misery
Posted on March 26, 2013Ten years ago this month the ‘coalition of the willing’ entered Iraq to topple the Saddam Hussein regime, which they believed was renewing its ambitions to build ‘weapons of mass ... -
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Northern Ireland’s Negative Peace
Posted on February 13, 2013by Jonathan Lima-Matthews and Greg Dawson Progress or Failure? “Northern Ireland remains a divided society” was the summation of the Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report. There has recently been a ... -
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Drone warfare: Critics and their focus on the wrong issues
Posted on October 1, 2012Warfare in the 21st century has reached another milestone – the increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as “drones”. Drones do not only reduce the risk for soldiers, but also ...