Indonesia’s 2016 was bookended by two significant terrorist events. The first was the 14 January bombing and shooting attack by four people near the Sarinah department store in the centre of Jakarta , which killed …
Donald Trump’s foreign policy focus on ISIS was one of his recipes for winning the US presidential election. Even political affairs pundits whose expertise doesn’t extend to counterterrorism found a soft spot for his tough …
Australia has invested significantly in counterterrorism (CT) policy, capabilities and operations since the 11 September 2001 attacks. These efforts saw continuing success in 2016, with the country remaining free of major attacks despite a persistent high …
Satire has long been a friend to those wishing to expose the absurdities inherent in extremist ideologies. During the 1930s, British fascists were lampooned by the literary satire of P.G. Wodehouse, Nancy Mitford and Joseph …
The Beat AFP to stay in PNG Australian Federal Police involvement in Papua New Guinea has been extended until November 2018, when Port Moresby will host an Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. $48 million in funding …