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  • Aug202021

    Memes in Far-Right Digital Visual Culture

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    Internet memes are an important means of visual communication for the far-right. As American white supremacist Richard Spencer bragged to…

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  • Aug172021

    The Great Subcultural Convergence: How Illiberalism is Whipping Up a Storm

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    What are the extremist threats being incubated thanks to the technological advantages of the Internet? We could easily answer this…

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  • Aug162021

    From ‘Night Letters’ to the Internet: Propaganda, the Taliban and the Afghanistan Crisis

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    The fast-unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, spearheaded by the Taliban’s territorial juggernaut and the fall of Kabul, also became a significant…

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  • Aug132021

    Insurrection Snapshot: Emerging Narrative Themes Following the January 6 Storming of the US Capitol

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    Although individuals on the far right, fascists, and white supremacists had a prior presence on Telegram, the aftermath of the…

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  • Aug112021

    The ‘4M Way’ to Promoting Alternative Narratives to Violent Islamist Extremism in Muslim Mindanao

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    Following the collapse of the so-called caliphate in March 2019, Islamic State (IS) has “repositioned its propaganda narrative to one…

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  • Aug092021

    Digital Misogynoir and White Supremacy: What Black Feminist Theory Can Teach Us About Far Right Extremism

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    What is Misogynoir? Far-right studies has been historically overrepresented by white scholars and those who don’t acquaint themselves with Black…

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  • Aug062021

    White Nationalists are Driving the CRT Conversation Online

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    Critical race theory (CRT) has become an important topic of discussion, but parent activists and governments are not the only…

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  • Aug042021

    Current Priorities in Counterterrorism and Prevention: Results of the CENS Online Expert Survey

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    The Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) in Singapore designed a survey to assess the pandemic’s impact on violent…

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  • Aug022021

    How Will Violent Extremists Use Technology in the Future?

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    In thinking through how terrorists and violent extremists will continue to evolve in the future, one of the most pressing…

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  • Jul302021

    Safety vs Security: An Asymmetrical Opportunity for RWE in Australia

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    In 1922 German political theorist Carl Schmitt wrote a seminal essay arguing that sovereignty is defined by the power to…

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