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  • Oct072025

    ‘The Generation of ‘Digital Natives’: How Far-Right Extremists Target Australian Youth Online for Radicalisation and Recruitment’

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    Content disclaimers: All identifiers referencing real-life cases will be anonymised with pseudonyms, noting that in Australia, names are publicly withheld…

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  • Oct032025

    OSINT: The Digital Force-Multiplier for Extremist Violence

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    Violent extremists are continually adapting the ways in which they exploit digital platforms for coordination and recruitment. Open-source intelligence (OSINT),…

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  • Sep242025

    Gen-Zs and Ghost Guns: Trends, Threats and Implications

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    Ghost guns, in particular 3D-printed guns, have been gaining popularity among youth, with several criminal violent extremist examples in recent…

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  • Sep222025

    Virtual Worlds, Real Threats: Violent Extremist Exploitation of Roblox and Wider Gaming Ecosystems

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    In January 2025, a man named James Wesley Burger used Roblox—a platform designed for creativity and youth engagement—to openly issue…

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  • Sep172025

    Mapping Terrorist AI Use: Identifying Factors Behind a Relatively Slow Adoption Rate

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    Over the past three years, regional, national, and international governments have repeatedly raised concerns that the misuse of Generative AI…

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  • Sep152025

    Evolution, Expansion and Diversification: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Umar Media

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    Since 2021, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reformed its organisational structure every year – imitating the Taliban’s insurgency model – to…

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  • Sep102025

    State of the Art: Unpacking the FATF’s Terrorist Financing Threat Assessment 

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    On 8 July 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the global standard setter for countering the financing of…

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  • Sep082025

    Can Gaming Support Disengagement? Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Innovative Disengagement Approaches

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    The last few years have seen an increase in research efforts detailing how extremist actors are seeking to exploit video…

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  • Sep052025

    Beyond Hawala: Emerging Online Financing Trends Among South Asian Violent Extremist Groups in 2025

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    Throughout 2025, we have witnessed the rapid evolution of fundraising tactics used by violent extremist groups across South Asia. Despite…

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  • Sep032025

    Building Digital Trust: Youth-Led Tech Solutions to Prevent Extremism in the Horn of Africa

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    The Horn of Africa – a region encompassing Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, and Djibouti – has long been at the epicentre…

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