In a new ASPI report, Terrorism in the Indo-Pacific: glocalism comes of age, I assess al‑Qaeda and Daesh’s commitment to establishing a presence in the Indo-Pacific from which they intend to promote their destructive ideology. …
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In an earlier post, we argued that with the forging of the Turnbull government’s Home Affairs portfolio, the time was right to question the policy assumptions underpinning Australia’s domestic security strategies. And with that, we …
The beat Ergonomics of police body cameras Victoria Police have begun distributing body cameras to 11,000 frontline officers. Officers won’t be required to tell the public when the cameras are filming. Footage will be kept for …
Bruce Hoffman, a premier terrorism scholar, has suggested that there are around 3,000 al-Qaeda members in Indonesia. The number of Daesh supporters, sympathisers and followers remains unknown. That estimate—it’s unclear how Hoffman arrived at his figure—should …
The beat Commemoration day for murder victim The UK Prime Minister has announced 22 April as a national day of commemoration for Stephen Lawrence. Lawrence was murdered in a racially motivated attack in south London in …