Meili CriezisErstwhile Allies and Community Convergence: A Preliminary Study of Online Interactions Between Salafi-Jihadists and White Supremacists
Read moreRecent research has begun to explore the overlaps and interactions between Salafi-jihadist and white supremacist movements and their supporters. Examining…
Kesa WhiteOne -Stop -Shop for Recruitment and Dating: Extremists’ Exploitation of Dating Platforms
Read moreDating apps have become an essential part of life, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, as individuals have limited face-to-face interactions.…
Nicolò MiottoThe Role of Online Communities in Supporting 3D-Printed Firearms
Read moreOn 9 October 2019, Stephen Balliet, a 27-year-old German neo-Nazi, shot to death two people and injured another two near…
Julien BellaicheConnecting the Fringes: Neo-Nazi Glorification of Salafi-Jihadi Representations Online
Read moreOn 1 April 2021, the French security service of the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure (DGSI) received an urgent…
Noah TurnerThe Global Jihadist Movement and Cyberterrorism
Read moreThe events of 11 September 2001 placed jihadi-inspired extremism at the forefront of counterterrorism policy. Legislation such as the USA…
Jordan McSwineyMemes in Far-Right Digital Visual Culture
Read moreInternet memes are an important means of visual communication for the far-right. As American white supremacist Richard Spencer bragged to…
Dr. Chamila LiyanageThe Great Subcultural Convergence: How Illiberalism is Whipping Up a Storm
Read moreWhat are the extremist threats being incubated thanks to the technological advantages of the Internet? We could easily answer this…
Kabir TanejaFrom ‘Night Letters’ to the Internet: Propaganda, the Taliban and the Afghanistan Crisis
Read moreThe fast-unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, spearheaded by the Taliban’s territorial juggernaut and the fall of Kabul, also became a significant…
Meili CriezisInsurrection Snapshot: Emerging Narrative Themes Following the January 6 Storming of the US Capitol
Read moreAlthough individuals on the far right, fascists, and white supremacists had a prior presence on Telegram, the aftermath of the…
Dr. Kumar RamakrishnaThe ‘4M Way’ to Promoting Alternative Narratives to Violent Islamist Extremism in Muslim Mindanao
Read moreFollowing the collapse of the so-called caliphate in March 2019, Islamic State (IS) has “repositioned its propaganda narrative to one…
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