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Expert comment - a defined and dignified historic response

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:33:33 GMT

Dr Abdullah Sahin, Reader in Islamic Education, University of Warwick, comments on the ways New Zealand's people and politicians have responded to the terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch.

Dr Abdullah Sahin on the London Islamic Centre attack

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:59:28 GMT

Dr Abdullah Sahin, expert in Islamic Education in the Centre for Education Studies, comments on the car attack outside an Islamic Centre in north London during a time of spiritual significance in both the Islamic and Hebrew calendars.

Extremism blocking tool could have serious downsides: Professor Ian Robertson

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:54:17 GMT

The UK Government revealed today a new weapon in the fight against terrorism - a tool which uses artificial intelligence to accurately detect jihadist content and block it from being viewed online.

Professor Ian Robertson, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the University of Warwick's Department of Computer Science, comments on its potentially dangerous downsides.

Trump-Russia inquiry: President 'looking forward' to interview - expert comment

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:39:11 GMT

President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to be questioned under oath as part of an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Dr Trevor McCrisken, Dept. of Politics comments

Trump and torture - Expert comment

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 10:59:42 GMT

Follwing Donald Trump's draft executive order which points to a return to practices such as waterboarding the Department of Economics' Mark Harrison gives his reaction.

Kompromat: it’s What We Don’t Know, Not What We Know

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:55:02 GMT

Donald Trump has described as "fake news" allegations that his election team colluded with Russia - and that Russia held compromising material about his private life. Here Profesor Mark Harrison explores the term kompromat, the Russian colloquial abbreviation, for “compromising evidence.

'There will be political ramifications in light of the latest terror attacks in France' says Dr David Lees

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:40:42 GMT

Two men armed with knives have been shot dead after taking several people hostage in a church in northern France. Dr David Lees suggests there will be political ramifications for Francois Hollande as a result of this string of five terror attacks during his Presidency.

Can the EU cope with terrorism threats?

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:53:31 GMT

The EU faces one of the most pressing crises in its history, as it attempts to tackle terrorist attacks inspired by the radical Islamist organisation ISIS, writes Dr Oz Hassan, Associate Professor in the Politics and International Studies Department at the University of Warwick.

Spreading Terror through Gassing: ISIL and Mustard Gas

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:57:25 GMT

Dr Marijn Nieuwenhuis, Post-doctoral Fellow in Political Geography at the Department of Politics and International Studies, writes about the 'terrorising' scenario of gas attacks from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

The Bangkok bomb blast may presage a fateful tipping point for Thailand - Dr Titipol Phakdeewanich

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:35:13 GMT

Dr Titipol Phakdeewanich is a visiting fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick and is based at Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand. He reacts to Monday's attack.