The unprecedented number of climate protests and strikes in 2019 coincided with an increase in disruptive activities by environmental organisations. Protest actions by these groups have in many instances caused property damage or interruptions to commercial activities, whether through the blocking of roads to disrupt traffic, storming of mines to prevent…
In 2019, there were an average of more than 9,700 aircrafts in the air – transporting over 1.2 million people – at any given moment. As international travel often brings passengers to new destinations, they may face unfamiliar security dynamics. In fact, in 2019, 68 percent of tourists ranked security threats as their primary concern – above geopolitical…
Active assailant incidents, in which the attacker targets their victims in an arbitrary manner, understandably attract high levels of media attention when they occur at schools. While several such incidents have taken place in recent years including in 2019, they continue to be relatively rare occurrences.
Incidents of mass mobilisation over environmental issues such as climate change gained significant global traction in 2019. Inspired by environmental activists such as Greta Thunberg and organisations such as Extinction Rebellion, millions of school learners, university students, activists and supporters have been organising protests and strikes across…
Over the last three weeks, an outbreak of coronavirus that was first reported in the area of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China has escalated into a topic of international concern.
Over the last two weeks, an outbreak of coronavirus that was first reported in the area of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China has escalated into a topic of international concern.
Catalonia is in the grip of major political protests following the sentencing of Catalan independence leaders. This latest uproar – at the time when the country is slated for new general elections – threatens to polarise the country’s politics even more, writes Bilal Bassiouni.
The March 2019 mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, highlight concerns regarding an apparent shift of the far-right terrorist threat from local to global. Tim Geschwindt and Rob Attwell examine this growing threat, particularly the role of online forums for extremist networking.
On 17 November 2018, nearly 300,000 people began the first in a series of anti-government protests triggered by a proposed fuel tax increase in France. Yellow vests protests have occurred every Saturday since, and are now in their 14th week. Tim Geschwindt examines the underlying drivers of the protests and assesses what lies ahead for the yellow vests…
In this article, we examine the main kidnapping trends and incidents of 2018 from around the world, and look at some emerging trends likely to persist in 2019.
On 26 August, a fatal street brawl in Chemnitz sparked three weeks of anti-migrant protests in eastern Germany. In this article, Tim Geschwindt assesses the drivers and implications of increasing far-right sentiment in the country.
Tim Geschwindt analyses the threat of Islamist terrorism in Western Europe using the recently published Global Terrorism Database statistics.