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Insights

  • Feb112026

    From Confusion to Extremism: How Deepfakes Facilitate Radicalisation

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    On 14 December 2025, two gunmen opened fire on a public Hanukkah celebration attended by 1,000 people on Bondi Beach…

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  • Feb092026

    Telegram Stars: Exploring Micropayment Exploitation, Digital Goods and the Evolving Tactics of Terrorist Financing

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    Over the past decade, terrorist organisations have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to adapt to disruption in the digital environment. As…

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  • Feb042026

    Shock and Awe: Geopolitical Disruption and Terrorist Narrative Opportunism Online

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    The US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, generated a short but intense disruption in…

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  • Feb022026

    Escape The Void: Responding to Youth-Led Nihilistic Violence

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    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Addressing Youth Radicalization and Mobilization (AYRM). GIFCT Working Groups bring…

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  • Jan282026

    “Agentic Smurfing”: How AI-Autonomous Micro-Laundering is Outpacing Traditional Terrorist Financing Detection

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    The convergence of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency has created a new threat to counter-terrorism financing frameworks. By late 2025, extremist…

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  • Jan262026

    The Moscow Oblast School Stabbing: Digital Rehearsal, Gaming Communities, and Youth Pathways to Violence

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    In the morning on 16 December 2025, local police were called to a school in Gorki-2, a 30 minute-drive West…

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  • Jan232026

    From Defence to Offence: How Anti-Drone Technologies Are Empowering Militants in a New Era of Coordinated Drone Warfare

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    In 2025, Pakistani security forces witnessed at least 405 quadcopter attacks by Islamists Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) and Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen (IMP) in parts…

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  • Jan212026

    3D-Printed Warfare: A New Phase in Jihadist “Do-It-Yourself” Innovation Targeting the West?

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    This Insight analyses potential security threats associated with the use of 3D-printing technologies for the production of firearms and unmanned…

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  • Jan192026

    The Moscow Oblast School Stabbing: Understanding Hybrid Radicalisation and Transnational Online Subcultures

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    The fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old Tajik immigrant schoolboy in the Odintsovo district of Moscow Oblast on 16 December 2025…

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  • Jan162026

    Testing Resilience: Can the Proposed EU Drone Wall Defend Against Extremist Actors?

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    The European Union is developing a “Drone Wall”, officially named the European Drone Defence Initiative, consisting of a network of…

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