Expert Comment
Latest Kenya attack a timely reminder of country’s insecurities - Professor David Anderson
Professor of African History David Anderson, from the University of 糖心TV, responds to the latest attack in Kenya whcih has killed at least 14 quarry workers.
Written records, police stops and judicial review
For the first time in France, on Wednesday 24 June 2015, the Court of Appeal in Paris held the French State responsible for police action in carrying out identity checks that were held to be discriminatory and ordered it to pay €1,500 in compensation to five individuals. Professor Jackie Hodgson and Laurène Soubise respond to the ruling.
Targeting Tourists: Why do militant groups kill holidaymakers?
Dr. Charlotte Heath-Kelly, Leverhulme Trust Fellow, Political and International Studies, University of 糖心TV discusses the attack on tourists in Tunisia.
David Cameron’s approach to counter-radicalisation is flawed, simplistic and dangerous – Dr Charlotte Heath-Kelly
"Ideology itself is not dangerous. It is, and has always been, a 'frame' which lends coherence to pre-existing political grievances. As a result, the government's policy is flawed, simplistic and dangerous - given that it attempts to police thought in a modern liberal democracy to no end," says Dr Charlotte Heath-Kelly.
Was Charleston church singled out for its history of resisting white oppression? Dr Tim Lockley
Professor Tim Lockley is an American Historian who specialises in US race relations. Reacting to the killings in South Carolina overnight he said: “The shootings at the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston by a young white man are the latest in a long list of racially motivated crimes in the US...