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Archive for 2025

  • Mar122025

    The Rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria: From Wartime Propaganda to Diplomatic Rhetoric

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    Introduction Less than two weeks were enough for the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led ‘Operations Room’ to overthrow the tyrannical and…

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  • Mar102025

    The EU’s AI Act: Implications on Justice and Counter-Terrorism 

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    Introduction The European Union’s AI Act, adopted in June 2024, represents the first multinational framework regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) development…

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  • Mar072025

    Mapping the Enemy, Mobilising the Future: Surveillance and Recruitment Strategies of Lakurawa Terror Group in Nigeria

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    Introduction In November 2024, Nigerian authorities officially declared the Lakurawa group a terrorist organisation and banned it across the country.…

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  • Mar052025

    Hate, Harms and Hashing: An Overview of OFCOM Guidance for P/CVE

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    Introduction On the 16th of December 2024, the government-backed UK media regulation body, OFCOM, published the Illegal Harms Codes, a…

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  • Mar032025

    “Watching foids seethe is actual lifefuel”: Celebratory Male Supremacism in the Aftermath of the 2024 US Presidential Election

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    Content warning: This Insight contains misogynistic, racist and transphobic slurs and mentions of suicide.   Introduction Six weeks ago, Donald Trump…

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  • Feb282025

    Decoding Saboteurism: An Explanation of Infrastructure Attacks by Far-Right Extremists

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    Introduction In recent years, far‐right extremist tactics have taken a turn toward targeting critical infrastructure — a renewed trend rooted…

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  • Feb262025

    Policing Extremism on Gaming-Adjacent Platforms: Awful but Lawful?

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    Introduction The study of the intersection between gaming and extremism has focused largely on a few key areas: the presence…

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  • Feb252025

    AI or Aryan Ideals? Part Two: A Thematic Content Analysis of White Supremacist Engagement with Generative AI: Discourse 

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    Introduction This Insight is the second in a two-part series investigating the ways white supremacists engage with generative artificial intelligence…

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  • Feb242025

    Harnessing AI for Online P/CVE Efforts: Tools, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations

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    Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) has become integrated in every field—from infrastructure to medicine to law enforcement and education—and is also…

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  • Feb202025

    The New Orleans Attack: Vulnerabilities of Peer-to-Peer Rental Services

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    Introduction On 1 January 2025, two acts of violent extremism shook the United States. In New Orleans, a 42-year-old Army…

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