My new article “Defining Terrorism: how Ambiguous Definitions and Vague Classifications Open Doors for Power Acquisition” is out. It discusses the difficulty of categorising the threat of terrorism within existing security frameworks and our theorising of threat assessment. As more types of terrorism get academic and political attention, various state and non-state actors use terrorist…
Month: June 2022
My new book review of Counter-terrorism laws and freedom of expression: global perspectives edited by Téwodros Workneh and Paul Haridakis is out
The book is an inspiring contribution to critical terrorism studies scholarship, both in its depth of analysis and in the diversity of country cases presented. It critically analyses the premise of national security as a blanket concept for excusing human rights infringement and argues a compelling case that many governments worldwide, both democratic and authoritarian,…