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“We’ll defend ourselves. If you defend and help us, good. If you don’t, well, too bad. We wanted to show everybody that we are capable and we are willing to stand up for ourselves.” “The Philippines did it by the book. L
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Political volatility is deepening in the United States, domestic extremism is on the rise, and global terrorism threats are surging in regions like the African Sahel. After months of delays, the White House released the
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In May 2017, armed factions fighting under the Islamic State banner – or Dawlah Islamiyah - laid siege to Marawi City in Mindanao, southern Philippines. Hundreds were killed and over a million civilians displaced before
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The Sahel region in Africa is now the world’s epicenter of global jihadist activity. According to the Global Terrorism Index, four of the top ten countries most impacted by terrorism are from the Sahel which now accounts
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The cybersecurity landscape is evolving fast. What once required highly skilled human operators can now be accelerated (or even automated) by increasingly sophisticated AI systems. It seems like we are at another critica
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China’s extraordinary economic transformation and rise to global economic superpower has too often obscured a troubling human rights record. We spoke to Yaqiu Wang, a Chinese human rights and democracy researcher and adv
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Stay tuned for our forthcoming episode with human rights advocate and world-renowned scholar, Yaqiu Wang. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes
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On this episode of Behind the Decisions, Gordon Peake lends us more insights into his time in the Solomon Islands and the legacy of Australian-led interventions. Gordon’s many years as a researcher, writer, public servan
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The Solomon Islands may not be the first location that you think of as a “theatre of strategic competition.” The tiny archipelagic nation, consisting of almost a thousand islands with a population of around 800,000 peopl
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Watch our extended conversation with Dr. Levi West, a leading counterterrorism expert and the foremost scholar on the evolution of terrorist threats in Australia. We spoke with Levi about the nature of the attack, what l
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On 14 December 2025, Australia experienced its worst mass casualty terrorist attack (and the second worst mass casualty shooting) in its history, when a father and son, inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group, atta
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As the war in Iran has escalated over the last few weeks, a spate of attacks has targeted both American government buildings and Jewish communities across Europe. On March 8th, an explosion struck the U.S. embassy in Osl
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On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran. In Operation Epic Fury’s first 72hours, United States Central Command reported that over 1,700 targ
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America’s top national security officials just testified about the state of global threats to the United States. We spoke with Mike Jacobson, who spent over two decades working across the U.S. government in various count
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For much of the quarter century since al-Qaida’s attacks on New York and Washington DC on September 11, 2001, counterterrorism has been the top national security and foreign policy priority for the United States. US lead
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This episode covers our extended conversation with Dr. Devorah Margolin, senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. You’ll hear about her on-the-ground experiences in the region and insights from her
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We sat down in early February with Dr. Devorah Margolin, senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, to discuss the latest developments in northern Syria as the situation in ISIS detention facilities
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Stay tuned for our full episode with Dr. Margolin and be sure to read her latest analysis: From SNAFU to FUBAR in Northeast Syria Caught in the Crossfire: Islamic State Detention Sites at Risk This is a public episode. I
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