[Thread] With the Eurovision final week (May 4-11) fast approaching, here are some of the security challenges facing the host city of Malmö, Sweden: Potential riots, antisemitism, and terrorism

My article on foreign fighters in Ukraine is out in print:

'Notes from the Underground: Profiles and Mobilization Dynamics of Pro-Russia Western Fighters in the Donbas—Insights from Italy'
in «Terrorism and Political Violence», Vol. 36, Issue 4, 512-532

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The Terrorism Act 2000 was used for 1st time against an online network today, as Terrorgram was proscribed as a terrorist org.

I spoke to Jonathan Hall KC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation about the decision for the VORTEX blog. vortex.uni.mau.se/the-proscripti…

The UK is set to become the first country to proscribe the 'Terrorgram Collective', an online network dedicated to encouraging militant accelerationist terrorism. A draft proscription order was laid against Terrorgram today. gov.uk/government/new…

AVAILABLE NOW - International Neo-Fascist Accelerationism Data Dashboard dashboard.accresearch.org from START Consortium Domestic Radicalization Project at UMD START and Accelerationism Research Consortium. Here are some key takeaways: 1/

My conversation with Jake Hanrahan on the POPULAR FRONT podcast from September 2022 about the Taliban’s conflict with Islamic State Khurasan and the rising international ISKP threat. We discussed in detail the branch’s increased hostility toward Russia
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📢 We are excited to announce our latest report, 'Behind the Skull Mask: An Overview of Militant Accelerationism,' an introductory guide explaining the key elements of militant accelerationism & its manifestations by the team at Accelerationism Research Consortium.

Read ⤵️
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This beauty is out on April 10. Russia and the Far-Right in 10 European countries with chapters by Daniel Milo Anton Shekhovtsov ⇙⇙⇙Morgan Finnsiö⇙⇙⇙ Predrag Petrovic Edit Zgut-Przybylska Nicolas Henin ➡️ moved elsewhere, closed account Przemysław Witkowski. Watch this space and get it for free in circa a week!

1/9 Pro-IS supporters expressed excitement & circulated propaganda following the Moscow attack. In this GNET Insight, I examine three prominent responses expressed across their public social media channels as well as wider implications.
gnet-research.org/2024/04/03/the…

Check out our latest edition of the VORTEX newsletter: vortex.uni.mau.se/news/. We report on our recent joint session in Frankfurt and Marburg and share some news from our doctoral candidates. Get in touch if you want to be included on our mailing list! 
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I went on one of my favourite podcasts POPULAR FRONT to talk about the tactics of contemporary letter bomb attacks by terrorist organisations & lone actors. It's a bonus episode, so if you are a patron you can listen here: patreon.com/posts/99931857…

📢 Exciting News! 📢Our latest report, co-authored by Stuart Macdonald and myself, explores online Jihadist propaganda dissemination. Check out the full report published by VOX-Pol here: voxpol.eu/?file_download… 🧵1/11

new assault on the tesla 'gigafactory' in berlin by the 'volcano group', burning down electricity pylons.

in their communique, they call for a 'complete destruction of the Gigafactory and with it the removal of ‘technofascists’ like Elon Musk.”

it's not their first attack...🧵

New research! William Costello, Andrew G. Thomas and I have conducted the biggest survey of incels to date, funded by Commission for Countering Extremism.

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We wanted to know about their psychological experiences, their adherence to ideology, and the ways they networked.
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ICYMI: Proud to have just published in Editors! Included is a call for a new starting point to examining far-right online spaces, (re)emphasizing concepts like community, identity, and belonging while also challenging the field’s hyper-fixation on extreme discourses.