Insights
Aline BlanchardEcoFascism and Green Accelerationism: Ghosts of the Past or a Present Danger?
Introduction In recent years, extremist ideologies have exploited climate change-driven instability, using environmental issues to…
Adam RousselleMali’s Environmental Crisis: The Link Between Climate Change and JNIM’s Rapid Expansion
Introduction Mali has been in a climate crisis for over half a century, experiencing at…
Urszula MrozowskaFrom Climate Hoax to Hate: The Overlap Between Climate Denial and White Supremacy on Spanish TikTok
Introduction Big tech platforms have a significant language moderation problem. There is a massive discrepancy…
Dan BrutonThe Virtual Connection: Illicit Natural Resource Trade, Cryptocurrency, and Extremist Financing
Introduction The illicit extraction and trade of natural resources is a growing issue that afflicts…
AnadiEcology as Collateral: The Hidden Cost of Houthi Warfare
Introduction Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, has quickly expanded from a local insurgent…
Duncan GardhamAttack at the Pear Tree Inn: An Analysis of a British Terrorist’s Manifesto
The following is a Special Extended Insight Content warning: racial and antisemitic slurs. Manifesto and…
Fabrizio MinnitiAutomated Recruitment: Artificial Intelligence, ISKP, and Extremist Radicalisation
Introduction The role of artificial intelligence in terrorist recruitment has grown exponentially, which has had…
admin_gnetMapping ISKP’s Strength: Social Network Analysis of Tech-Driven Jihad
Introduction The Islamic State (IS) has evolved to be one of the most serious threats…
Manfredi PozzoliAnonymity, Performance, and Identity: An Analysis of the Antioch Shooting
Introduction On 22 January 2025, a shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, left…
admin_gnetWhen Grandpa Turns Extremist: Digital Immigrants, Radicalisation and the German Reich Citizens Movement
Introduction Online radicalisation studies and P/CVE research, more broadly, tend to focus primarily…
Guy FiennesThe Great TikTok Migration: Western Extremists Flock to RedNote
Introduction Following the announcement on 15 January that TikTok would be banned in the United…
admin_gnetCryptocurrency and Extremism: How Social Network Analysis is Used to Track Extremist Cryptocurrency Donations
Introduction Among the digital tools emerging in today’s decentralised financial framework, cryptocurrency has been especially…
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🌍 Today, @rousselle_adam delineates how climate change has driven jihadist recruitment by examining the case of the al-Qaeda-linked Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and its activities in Mali.
🌍 "Climate change denial and white supremacist rhetoric... are interconnected with other forms of hate targeting historically marginalised communities based on immutable and protected attributes."
Read our latest Insight by Urszula Mrozowska.
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🗓️ 28 May 2025
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🌏Today, Dan Bruton explores the virtual connection between illicit natural resource trade and extremist financing as part of our series investigating the link between extremism, technology, and #ClimateChange.