Isaac KfirBetween Creativity, Innovation and Terrorism Studies Part I
Interest in creativity and innovation stems from a common assumption that these are positive forces, helping to usher in progress,…
Julien BellaicheAssessing the Threat of QAnon Violence
Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate was the theatre of an unusual scene on Saturday, 23 May 2020. As thousands gathered throughout Germany…
Audrey Alexander“Help for Sisters”: A Look at Crowdfunding Campaigns with Potential Links to Terrorist and Criminal Networks
Terrorist and violent extremist groups have long used charitable giving as a means to amass and disguise support for their…
Mika Josephine MoellerSocial Media as a Mirror of External Circumstances: Insights Into a Radical Group
Radicalisation processes take place in a field of tension between the actor and the outside world. External reactions and circumstances…
Marc-André ArgentinoDigital Platforms and Extremism 2: Electric Boogaloo
Increasingly the “boogaloo” movement has been making the news with its capacity to mobilise protestors and spread disinformation during the…
Dr. Michael LoadenthalEvolving Digital OPSEC Practices Amongst Far-Right Networks
Over the past several years, there has been increasing attention paid to the use and exploitation of digital platforms by…
Mina al-LamiJihadists see COVID-19 as an Opportunity
Jihadists in general have cautiously welcomed the COVID-19 pandemic, seeing it mostly as a problem for their enemies and an…
Angie GadThe Coronavirus Isn’t Immune From the Far-Right
Far-right extremists online leap from one topic to another, trolling, distorting, and amplifying everything from widespread news stories to more…
Kabir TanejaThe Internet and Lone Wolf Terrorism in India
The term “lone wolf” attacks may lead some to assume such endeavours to be a single individual’s undertaking. However, research…
Friederike WegenerHow the Far-Right Uses Memes in Online Warfare
With the advent of Web 2.0, memes have become a popular means of communication. Primarily taking the form of an…
Peita RichardsCall to Arms: Social Media and Far-Right Narratives of COVID-19
Whilst most of us isolating due to COVID-19 trawl social media for factual information, updated guidelines and messages of hope…
Dr. Robert PelzerEarly Warning? Opportunities And Limits Of Automated Internet Monitoring
Policymakers have invested considerable effort and research funding to understand the role of the Internet in radicalisation processes and attack…
Dr. Alexis HenshawExtremist Responses to COVID-19 in Latin America
Expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic has been leveraged by armed non-state actors in numerous ways. Much of the attention to…
Ryan GreerWeighing the Value and Risks of Deplatforming
Last month, the video platform TikTok banned far-right extremists Britain First and Tommy Robinson, the latest action taken by a…
Ashton KingdonThe Gift of the Gab: The Utilisation of COVID-19 for Neo-Nazi Recruitment
Following the confiscation of the domain of the right-wing forum Fascist Forge, neo-Nazi recruiters have been migrating over to the…
Jacob WareRemembering Toronto: Two Years Later, Incel Terrorism Threat Lingers
Two years after Alek Minassian’s homicidal vehicular rampage through Toronto, the deadliest incel terrorist attack to date, the violent fringes…
Andrew MinesThe Risks of a Telegram Crypto-Wallet
Last month, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favour…
Yorck BeeseShooting for 1080p Full HD – Assessing Islamic State’s Cameras
In the past, particularly between 2014 and 2017, Islamic State’s (IS) video propaganda has been noted, among other things, for…
Raffaello PantucciJihadactivist
The line between protest and terrorism is clear, but can become complicated when one digs into the underlying ideas. Many…
Hande Abay GasparSalafist Groups’ use of Social Media and its Implications for Prevention
Researchers largely agree that radicalisation processes mostly include both real-world and virtual conditions. However, the interaction of both spheres has…
Milo ComerfordComparing Jihadist and Far-Right Extremist Narratives on COVID-19
It should come as no surprise that extremist groups are talking about COVID-19. Beyond the immediate public health emergency, this…
Manjana SoldThe Amalgamation of Virtuality and Reality in Radicalisation Processes
Virtuality has long since become an integral part of the world we live in today. It is thus not surprising…
Dr. Colin ClarkeThe ‘Incel’ Ideology Continues to Build a Strong Following in the Online ‘Manosphere’
While most of the counterterrorism community has focused on the threat posed by Salafi-jihadists and radical right-wing extremists, the growth…
Julien BellaicheOnline Antisemitism in Times of COVID-19
On 7 April, Germany’s Commissioner on antisemitism Felix Klein warned of a surge in antisemitism with the spread of the…
Dr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens5G and the Far Right: How Extremists Capitalise on Coronavirus Conspiracies
Not since 9/11 has a global event given so much opportunity to conspiracy theorists as the novel coronavirus pandemic. The…
Dr. Eviane Leidig“#CoronaJihad”: How the Far-Right in India is Responding to the Pandemic
A number of far-right extremists have recently taken to social media platforms to spread conspiratorial content about COVID-19. Such conspiracy…
Aymenn Al-TamimiCoronavirus and Official Islamic State Output: An Analysis
‘Islamic State is avoiding Europe/telling fighters to avoid Europe’: headlines and stories along these lines circulated in many media outlets…
Kabir TanejaIslamic State Propaganda in India
The 221st issue of Islamic State’s (IS) al-Naba’ newsletter was perhaps the first time IS dedicated an entire page to…
Manjana SoldThe Coronavirus as a Means to an End: Extremist Reinterpretations of the Pandemic
Various aspects of society and everyday life have become affected by the clampdown on the Coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions…
Marc-André ArgentinoThe COVID Conspiracy Files
The world is now four months into the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant infodemic. Though efforts have been made to…
Dr. William AllchornCumulative Extremism Online: How Moral and Strategic Aims Predict Narrative Escalation
Often when extremisms come about, they don’t occur in isolation. In the UK, for example, the emergence of extremist mobilisations…
Linda Schlegel“War Isn’t Hell; It’s Entertainment“: The Potential Role of Video Games in Radicalisation Processes
The last years have demonstrated that extremists’ target audience has become progressively younger: in 2016 a 12-year-old was arrested in…
Lisa BogertsThe Visual Culture of Far-Right Terrorism
Since 2019, with the attacks in Christchurch, Poway, El Paso, Bærum and Halle, a new form of right-wing terrorism has…
Dr. Michael KronaVicarious Trauma From Online Extremism Research – A Call to Action
Academic research into terrorism and online radicalisation has spiked in recent years, arguably caused, in part, by the rise of…
Holger MarcksWhat Makes Far-Right Rhetoric So Dangerous? Narratives of Imperilment as Justification of Violence
Imagine the following: Person A is constantly trying to convince person B that person C wants to kill him. He…
Aaron ZelinHow Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia’s Message Framing Primed Its Members To Become Recruits For The Islamic State
There are a number of reasons why Tunisians joined the Islamic State in Iraq, Syria, and Libya. One underappreciated aspect…
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