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Posts tagged with ‘Asia’

  • Apr152026

    Jedag Jedug Jihadists: How TikTok Edits Turn Glorification of Jemaah Islamiyah Figures into Entertainment

    On Indonesian TikTok, figures associated with past Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist attacks are quietly reentering public view, not through active…

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  • Apr012026

    Operation Herof-2: BLA Propaganda, Female Fighters, and Virality on TikTok

    On 31 January 2026, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) launched a wave of large-scale coordinated attacks, targeting at least fourteen…

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  • 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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