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The assisination attempt on Donald Trump, forrmer US President and current presidential Republican candidate, has significant implications for the US presidential election as well as the state of the country’s democracy as a whole. The Conversation’s US bureau spoke to Arie Perliger, an expert in political violence, who argues the country was “basically one inch from a potential civil war”. Here he breaks down exactly why the current situation is so dangerous.
This theme is echoed in an article by Richard Hargy who argues that the Trump assassination attempt follows a disturbing trend in America of extremists embarking on violent plots to silence their perceived opponents. He argues that over the past three years alone, America has witnessed a surge in violence linked to a darkening political landscape that has seen combative and toxic discourse infect its body politic.
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Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell
A scholar of political assassinations says the US just narrowly avoided plunging into wholesale violence and potential civil war when Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.
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Richard Hargy, Queen's University Belfast
Division, hatred and – increasingly – violence have become becoming hallmarks of politics over the past few years.
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Johan Oldekop, University of Manchester; Bowy den Braber, University of Sheffield; Marina Schmoeller, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
To reduce deforestation and boost biodiversity to help address climate change, returning lands to Indigenous communities is crucial and effective.
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Penelope Andrews, New York Law School
Codifying apartheid could offer significant relief to many victims and survivors who otherwise would not be entitled to adequate recourse from the international community.
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Chris Oosthuizen, University of Cape Town; Emmanuel Dufourq, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences; Lorène Jeantet, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences; Pierre Pistorius, Nelson Mandela University; Stefan Schoombie, University of Cape Town
The machine learning model can work in the absence of video data, identifying prey capture events from new acceleration and depth data.
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Kolawole Osinnowo, University of Hertfordshire; Claire Jenkin, University of Hertfordshire; Matt Jewiss, Anglia Ruskin University
Two former players in this research team’s study retired early from professional English football because of the traumatic toll of racial abuse.
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Nicole Lee, Curtin University; Monica Barratt, RMIT University
Cocaine and other illicit drugs have been found to be contain nitazenes, a dangerous class of synthetic opioids.
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Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University
Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.
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Abayomi Awelewa, University of Lagos
Challenging oppression, advocating for justice, and inspiring social change are the hallmarks of Soyinka’s life.
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