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Insights

  • Jul212025

    Hezbollah’s Latin American Networks: Stablecoins, Smuggling, and Sanctions Evasion

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    In early 2024, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Syria-based hawala operator, Tawfiq Muhammad Said…

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  • Jul182025

    Meaning Through Its Opposite: Significance Quest Theory and Nihilistic Violent Extremism

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    This Insight examines groups under The Com umbrella (a catch-all name for 764 and related groups such as CVLT and…

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  • Jul162025

    The Weaponisation of AI: Visual storytelling of the Great Replacement Conspiracy Theory Amid the Southport Riots

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    Artificial intelligence played a key role in the riots that followed the stabbing attack in Southport, UK, which claimed the…

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  • Jul142025

    AI at the Centre: Violent Extremist Exploitation in Pirkkala

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    On 20 May 2025, a 16-year-old boy stabbed three of his female classmates at the Vähäjärvi school in Pirkkala, Finland.…

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  • Jul092025

    AI-powered Translation: How AI Tools Could Shape a New Frontier of IS Propaganda Dissemination

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    Terrorists have always adopted and employed emerging technologies to organise acts of terror, radicalise, and produce propaganda to mobilise recruits.…

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  • Jul072025

    Techno-Caliphate or Terror from the Sky? ISWAP and Drone-Enabled Insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin Region

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    Insurgents and terrorists have been exploiting drones for intelligence gathering, propaganda, and attacks on civilian and military targets for years.…

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  • Jul022025

    Playing with Hate: How Far-Right Extremists Use Minecraft to Gamify Radicalisation

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    This Insight will analyse how far-right extremist networks have turned Minecraft, one of the world’s most popular online games, into…

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  • Jun302025

    Misogyny and Violent Extremism: Can Big Tech Fix the Glitch?

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    Content Warning: This Insight contains mentions of rape and violence against women. Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is preventable, yet…

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  • Jun262025

    AI and Counter-Terrorism in Africa: Assessing the Role of the African Union’s Continental AI Strategy

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    Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming societies by driving innovation in various sectors, including the security sector. However, its dual-use…

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  • Jun242025

    Above the Battlefield: The Threat of UAVs in the Hands of VNAs

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    In 21st-century warfare, the loudest weapon may not be a missile, but rather the soft hum of a drone overhead.…

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