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Insights

  • Sep182026

    The Afterlife of the Tacloban Shooting: Nihilistic Violent Extremism in the Philippines

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    On June 22, 2026, two students aged 14 and 15, identified by their aliases “Nash” and “Rod”, opened fire at…

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  • Sep162026

    From Kashmir to Reels: The Localisation of Jihadist Propaganda in Indian Digital Spaces

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    Jihadist networks are targeting India by shifting from predominantly Kashmir-centric, Urdu-language long-form content toward Hindi and regional-language short-form videos on…

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  • Sep142026

    “Create, Share, and Support”: How Pro-Islamic State (Is) Supporters Are Exploiting Capcut to Produce and Disseminate ‘No-Brand’ Propaganda Content Online

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    Since the advent of the Internet, extremists have exploited digital spaces to produce and spread their propaganda, creating functional online…

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  • Sep102026

    TTP’s Technological Advancement and Pakistan’s Counterterrorism Challenges

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    Since the Afghan Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has experienced a significant resurgence,…

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  • Sep022026

    Playful Extremism: Unmasking Jihadist Identifiers in Roblox Games Among Minors

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    As has long been recognised, terrorist organisations have moved from spreading propaganda through simple websites and forums to using multiple…

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  • Aug312026

    ‘From the Belly of the Beast!’: Militant Accelerationists and the Iran War

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    Introduction Against the backdrop of the 2026 Iran War, a strand of militant accelerationism has rallied—with varying sincerity—behind the Islamic…

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  • Aug212026

    Closing the Gap: Consolidating Terrorist Threat Intelligence in Frontier AI Governance

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    Government and industry leaders alike increasingly employ frameworks to assess and mitigate notable AI risks. These frameworks heavily index on…

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  • Aug192026

    Hezbollah’s Financing Networks:  A Threat Far Beyond Lebanon

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    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Countering the Financing of Terrorism Online (CFTO). GIFCT Working Groups bring…

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  • Aug172026

    From Propaganda to Practice: Instructional Media and the Diffusion of Drone Capabilities in Jihadist Ecosystems

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    On 1 May 2026, Marvin Aneer Jalo was sentenced in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States for an Islamic State…

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  • Aug122026

    From Lab Expertise to Chat Interface: The New Risk of Toxin-Level Attacks

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    A recent report published by the New York Times (NYT) has shown that publicly accessible artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, when…

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