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  • Jul232026

    “The New Crusade”: What the San Diego Attackers’ Manifesto Reveals About Contemporary Radicalisation

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    On 18 May 2026, 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez and 17-year-old Cain Clark carried out a mass-casualty attack at the Islamic Center…

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  • Jul212026

    The Montreal Manifesto: An Attempt to Intellectualise Incel Ideology

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    On the morning of 22 June 2026, police responded to a report of a gun barrel visible in a hotel…

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  • Jul202026

    Extremist Music Communities and Online Radicalisation: The Case of the Antioch High School Shooting

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    On the 22nd of January 2025, Solomon Henderson (17) opened fire inside Antioch High School. He killed fellow student Josselin…

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  • Jul162026

    Terrorgram’s ‘Main Voice’: Lessons From a High-Profile Danish Trial

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    On 20 April 2026, a Danish‑French man named Jérémy Meilhac (J.M.) was convicted in a Danish court for his affiliation…

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  • Jul132026

    Between Meme Culture and Warning Behaviour: Interpreting Nihilistic Violence Aesthetics in Online Extremist-Adjacent Spaces

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    Trust-and-safety teams, school-safety staff, and prevention practitioners are increasingly asked to make sense of online content that appears violent but…

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  • Jul092026

    The Counterterrorism Blind Spot: AI as a Radicalisation Environment

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    Counterterrorism officials have learned to look for extremists across the numerous online channels they operate. That work relies on a…

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  • Jul082026

    Pre-Transactional Infrastructure and Insurgent Resilience: The Case of Islamic State Mozambique

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    By April 2021, Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP, also known as al-Shabaab or Ansar al-Sunnah) had reached the zenith of…

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  • Jul022026

    Online Jihadist Responses to the Iran War: Divergence, Propaganda, and Positioning

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    Since the launch of Israeli and United States’ military operations against Iran on 28 February 2026, online jihadist ecosystems linked…

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  • Jun292026

    Emerging Extremism Frameworks: Reexamining the 2023 Siam Paragon Attack in Context

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    On 3 October 2023, a fourteen-year-old teenager walked into the Siam Paragon shopping mall in the busy Pathum Wan commercial…

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  • Jun252026

    The Invisible Pipeline: Human Trafficking, Extremism, and the Case for AI-Driven Detection in Pakistan’s Af-Pak Corridor

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    In Pakistan’s Af-Pak Corridor, human trafficking has become increasingly embedded within the operational and financial ecosystems of certain violent extremist…

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