9/11, 16 years later. Trump and the rise on the right. Better flood management.

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• The National Post, Econo Times and MENA Financial Network reprise a think piece from The Conversation, written by André Gagné, associate professor in the Department of Theological Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Gagné marks the 16th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the U.S. with a consideration of how our view of Islamist terrorists and the face of terrorism have changed in the intervening years and suggests we may counter extremist ideologies by striving to better understand them. 
• The Conversation publishes the French-language version of a an earlier piece by Gagné in the same publication, where he looks at the apparent rise of right-wing extremism and whether the Donald Trump presidency has emboldened the far-right here in Canada.
• Graham Dodds, associate professor in and associate chair of the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, appeared on CTV Montreal's 'News at Noon' yesterday for a discussion with Mutsumi Takahashi of the 9/11 anniversary and how the terror attacks transformed American attitudes and policies in such areas as immigration and international relations. 
• Pascale Biron talks to the Canadian Press about Quebec's flood management and what she says is the need for the province to establish a centralized body to maintain data on potential vulnerable flood risk areas: Montreal Gazette.

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