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Posts tagged with ‘Asia’

  • Mar132026

    Operation Herof-2: How Hakkal Media Weaponised the BLA’s Narrative Online

    On 31 January, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation, launched the so-called Operation Herof-2 (Herof is…

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  • Mar022026

    Silent Recruitment: Extremist Child Targeting on Messaging Platforms in Indonesia

    In November 2025, Indonesia’s National Police Detachment 88 (Densus 88 AT Polri), together with the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), reported…

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  • Feb252026

    Extremist Nasheeds: Emerging Subcultures and the Cultivation of Radical Online Communities in Southeast Asia

    This Insight relies on open-source intelligence to examine how nasheeds – Islamic hymns – are exploited by violent extremist actors,…

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Dec222025

    Cosplaying Columbine: How Memetic Violence Transformed Southeast Asia’s Extremist Threat

    The 7 November 2025 attack at Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 72 (SMAN 72) in North Jakarta represents a troubling manifestation…

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  • Dec162025

    Digital Weaponisation: Taliban Propaganda and Narrative Warfare on X

    The Pakistani state and Afghan Taliban forces recently clashed along the Durand Line—one of the world’s most volatile borders. This…

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  • Nov202025

    Space Tech and Terrorism: Satellite Imagery and GPS-Guided Drones in TTP Propaganda

    Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a UN-designated terrorist organisation and statistically the deadliest terrorist outfit in Pakistan, has undergone extensive ideological, organisational…

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  • Nov032025

    Climate Catastrophe: Militants’ Manipulation of Climate Narratives in Pakistan

    Pakistan has faced the devastating impacts of climate change in recent years, with flash floods between June and October this…

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  • Oct152025

    Everyday Extremism: Molka, Nth Room, and the Infrastructure of Digital Misogyny

    Digital sex crimes such as South Korea’s molka (hidden camera) phenomenon and the Nth Room case are frequently described as…

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