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Insights

  • Oct062023

    3D-Printed Weapons and the Far-Right: The Finnish Accelerationist Cell

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    Introduction In July 2023, the Häme Police Department in collaboration with the Finland Central Criminal Police revealed that a four-man…

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  • Oct042023

    The New Online Radicals: The Third Generation of Online Radicalisation

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    Introduction When a 13-year-old boy was caught by Estonian police in early 2020 leading a major international terrorist organisation, shockwaves…

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  • Oct022023

    Tankies: A Data-driven Understanding of Left-Wing Extremists on Social Media

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    Introduction In an era where social media has become a powerful platform for political discourse and activism, the narratives of…

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  • Sep292023

    Unmasking Islamophobic Disinformation in the Aftermath of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Attack 

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    Introduction      Disinformation is a soft security notion that leads to hard security threats. It involves deliberately spreading false information with…

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  • Sep272023

    Milk Parties and Soyjaks: Understanding The Alt-Right’s Metapolitical Appropriation of Milk

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    Introduction  The imagery and symbolism associated with milk – from fertility and motherhood to purity and strength – have long…

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  • Sep252023

    ‘A New Image of Terror and Dread’: The Significance Of Dark Foreigner’s Arrest

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    Content Warning: this Insight contains images of neo-Nazi propaganda Introduction On 5 July 2023, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)…

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  • Sep222023

    From British Imperialism to ‘Globohomo’: Analysing the Irish Far-Right’s Engagement with Irish Nationalism on Telegram

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    Introduction Ireland has seen limited instances of far-right and xenophobic nationalism, as left-wing political movements predominantly shape the nationalist landscape.…

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  • Sep202023

    An Evolving Threat Landscape: Composite Violent Extremism and Prevention Efforts

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    Introduction A year before William Atchison carried out the 2017 Aztec High School shooting in New Mexico, killing two people…

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  • Sep182023

    Mapping Extremist Discourse Communities on Telegram: The Case of the Russian Imperial Movement

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    Introduction Telegram hosts thousands of groups and channels associated with extremism. This Insight contributes to a growing literature applying computational…

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  • Sep152023

    QAnon, Political Radicalisation and January 6th: A Gendered Perspective

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    Introduction By now, many have heard of QAnon, an online phenomenon that originated in late October of 2017, when the…

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