At 4 am on 8 May, 20 heavily armed militants occupied a public market at Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, in the southern Philippines. Abu Jihad, the group’s spokesperson, claimed that they were from the Karilalan faction …
ASPI will celebrate its 20th anniversary later this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. ‘A US decision to invade Iraq would be a clear demonstration that September 11 …
Planet A New research from the University of Melbourne may provide a better framework for biologists to predict individual species’ vulnerability to extinction as a result of climate change. The study examined the impact of …
Counterterrorism medicine, or CTM, is a new medical subspeciality born out of the increasingly devastating and complex terrorist attacks taking place around the world. High-profile terrorist attacks in major cities have seemingly become a regular …
Turkey withdraws from Istanbul Convention, sparking protests and legal challenges On 20 March, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan withdrew the country from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and …




