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Insights

  • Jan232026

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

    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?

    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

    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?

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

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  • Jan142026

    Understanding Cyberhacktivist Radicalisation: A Socio-Psychological Approach

    Note: The following Insight draws on research conducted by Sonja Belkin and Kristy Sakano under the DoD–funded UC2 Cybercrime Collaboration…

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  • Jan122026

    The Exploration of Dialogue-Based AI Interventions in P/CVE: Opportunities, Limits, and Lessons

    Across the Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) field, practitioners know that radicalisation processes increasingly unfold online, without face-to-face interactions.…

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  • Jan092026

    Modern Warfare: The Islamic State’s Emerging Drone Instruction Ecosystem

    Over the past decade, Islamic State (IS) has repeatedly adjusted the way it teaches technical skills, responding both to changes…

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  • Jan072026

    The Jakarta Bombing: Youth Digital Radicalisation and the Urgent Need for Adaptive PCVE Responses

    This Insight analyses the digital influences, memetic behaviours, and visual-symbolic cues that underpinned the explosion that occurred on 7 November…

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  • Jan052026

    The Nordic Front of ‘764’: Trends, Drivers, and Countering Youth Exploitation and Radicalisation

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

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  • Dec232025

    Cutting a Hydra’s Head: Infrastructure-Level Content Moderation and the Case of Kiwi Farms

    On 18 November 2025, the popular Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection provider Cloudflare suffered…

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