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Insights

  • Dec132024

    The Targeting of Ethnic Tajiks by Online Extremists: A Global Problem

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    Introduction Extremist groups increasingly target ethnic Tajiks for recruitment through sophisticated online propaganda campaigns, resulting in some of the world’s…

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  • Dec122024

    Soliciting Terror: ISKP Digital Communications and Financing Tactics Through Voice of Khurasan

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    Introduction It is well known that the Islamic State and its branches effectively use internet-based strategies to disseminate their propaganda and…

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  • Dec112024

    Melodies of Malice: Understanding How AI Fuels the Creation and Spread of Extremist Music

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    Introduction  Research on extremism and counter-terrorism has long underscored the role of music in reinforcing far-right extremist ideologies and serving…

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  • Dec092024

    Digital Warfare in Kashmir: Evolving Tactics of Insurgency in the Region

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    Introduction In the Indian region of Kashmir, the battlefield has shifted. No longer confined to guns and grenades, insurgent groups…

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  • Dec042024

    Brotherhood of Blood: Understanding the Origins and Trajectory of the Maniac Murder Cult

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    Introduction As heavy metal music begins to play on a video, a black and white face appears on the screen,…

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  • Dec022024

    “Degenerate” Queers and “Chadsexual” Sapphics: Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric in the Incelosphere

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    Content warning: This insight contains references to homophobic and transphobic slurs and violence against women.   Introduction At present, our understandings…

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  • Nov282024

    CaliphateTok: How Islamic State (IS) Leverages Social Media in Indonesia and the Power of Counter-Narratives

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    Introduction On 31 July 2024, Indonesia’s Counterterrorism Special Detachment 88 (Densus 88) arrested a suspect in East Java accused of…

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  • Nov252024

    From Trees to Terror: JNIM’s Use of Online Rosewood Sales to Fuel Expansion

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    Introduction On 17 September, al-Qaeda-affiliated Malian terror group Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) carried out a series of attacks…

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  • Nov222024

    Terrorgram and Youth Radicalisation: Understanding Brazil’s Online Extremist Landscape

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    Introduction The emergence of extremist ideologies in Brazil, particularly through the Telegram network known as Terrorgram, presents a grave threat…

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  • Nov202024

    The Trump Manosphere: Reactionary Male Supremacy, Misogyny and Accelerationist Violence in the Post-Election Era

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    Introduction In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, social media was replete with reactionary…

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