ISIS

JM Berger has co-authored a book on terrorism ISIS - the state of terror, with Harvard lecturer Jessica Stern, looking at the dramatic rise of Islamic State. The brutality of the radical Islamist… Audio

Journalist Jon Stephenson on the plight of the Iraqi city of Ramadi. Audio

Religious studies Prof. Douglas Pratt from University of Waikato on one's faith in God or gods - Islamic State and religious ideology. Audio

SIS monitoring people "thinking about" committing terrorist attacks in NZ. We talk to privacy expert Michael Bott. Audio

Libya has seen many changes, and much turmoil since Muammar Gaddafi's opponents rose up against him in the wake of the Arab spring.. Audio

Kim Vinnell explores how targetting journalists is affecting reporting in the Middle East Audio

"Jihadi John" the masked Islamic State militant who's appeared in several execution videos of western hostages has been named. The muslim advocacy organisation CAGE has released emails from Emwazi and… Audio

As the militant group Islamic State has carved a swathe through Iraq, Syria and Libya, it has become known for high-profile murder videos - posted online - of journalists, aid workers, a pilot, and… Audio

Dr. Lina Khatib is the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Previously, she was the co-founding head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on… Audio

Demelza Leslie asks if New Zealanders will have to give up their right to privacy to keep safe. Audio