“After running a highly divisive campaign that emboldened overt racists to advocate for their agenda in the political arena, the president now has an opportunity, with the Charlottesville tragedy, to demonstrate that his words against racism and bigotry are not hollow promises. He has a long way to go,” writes public policy professor David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
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Manchester Attack Underscores ISIS’ Willingness To Use Kids
Some terrorism experts are waiting for additional information to confirm whether Salman Abedi’s target was chosen for him by ISIS, or whether he was self-radicalized. “Is this (attack) showing that ISIS is having such influence that it’s in communication with people in the West, that it is doing the target suggestion? Is it involved in providing training, materials, direct encouragement of individuals? asked public policy professor David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
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Trump Reverses Course on Iran Deal; Free Speech on Campuses
Sanford School professor David Schanzer and Scott Briggaman of WPTF/NCN News in Raleigh discuss the deepening political crisis in Venezuela and President Trump’s admission that the Iran deal is working. In light of another student protests of a right-wing speaker, Schanzer offers his insight on the state of the First Amendment on college campuses across America.
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Why Hate Crimes Are A National Security Risk
Hate crimes deserve the new administration’s attention, and not only because they are abhorrent, says David Schanzer, associate professor of the praactice at the Sanford School of Public Policy. Anti-Muslim hate crimes and bigotry also threaten our national security, says Schanzer, who also directs the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
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North Korea Crisis, Erdogan’s Power Grab, State Dept. Budget Cuts
This week on the podcast “On Security,” public policy professor David Schanzer discusses the growing threat of North Korea, the increasing authoritarianism of NATO ally Turkey, and the value and necessity of soft power and foreign aid for American security and influence abroad.
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Trump’s Claim About Terrorism Convictions Since 9/11
If terrorism includes any act of violence motivated by politics, then you would include both the ideologies of al-Qaida and ISIS, as well as the ideologies of white supremacism, says Sanford School professor David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security. “If you look at the phenomenon of terrorism as a whole, then there are a lot of citizens committing terrorism, whether connected with foreign organizations or ideologies or domestic ones,” Schanzer says.
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Future of Military Raids, Other Foreign Policy Insights
Public policy professor David Schanzer discusses the future of military raids under the Trump administration, the implications of Kim Jong Un’s assassination of his half-brother, and the need to anticipate future crises, such as the rapidly failing state of Venezuela.
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Trump Foreign Policy, New National Security Adviser
David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, discusses the flurry of foreign trips undertaken in the past week by Trump cabinet members, the duties and responsibilities of his new national security adviser and the progress in the fight to retake Mosul.
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Trump Focus Misses Growing Risk From Right-Wing Extremism
Focusing solely on Islamic extremism “would be a huge mistake,” says David Schanzer, director of Duke’s Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security. He says programs meant to counter extremism “were a hard sell for the Muslim community even before” the election and that Muslim communities see them “as a form of surveillance.”
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President Trump’s Evolving Foreign Policy
Under a month into Donald Trump’s presidency, his national security adviser Mike Flynn resigned, the dance with Russia has been constant since Trump took office and relations with Mexico and China have been strained. Sanford School professor David Schanzer talks about the foreign policy implications.
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Examining Violent Extremism in the U.S.
Public policy professor David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, talks about his organization’s recent report examining Muslim-American involvement in violent extremism in the U.S.
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Immigration Ban: Handing Bin Laden a Triumph
“Donald Trump’s disastrous immigration executive order has now accomplished what 9/11 and 15 years of terrorist attacks could not – cause a genuine estrangement between the worlds’ Muslims and the United States,” writes Sanford School professor David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
