The Hanau Terrorist Attack: How Race Hate and Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling Global Far-Right Violence
...race-based, and anti-immigration narratives, alongside several more obscure conspiracy theories. This case demonstrates the need for further research into the intersection of these ideas and the online ecosystems...
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Lessons from the Islamic State’s ‘Milestone’ Texts and Speeches
...search of the terms “al-Qaeda”+“propaganda” returns just over 5,000,010 unique results. Search carried out on January 6, 2020, using www.google.com. [q] As al-Zarqawi acknowledged as early as 2004,...
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“Breaking the Walls” Goes Global: The Evolving Threat of Jihadi Prison Assaults and Riots
...and practitioners view jihadi-inspired attacks targeting prisons as both short-term and longer-term security risks.1 In many countries’ prison systems, the numbers of individuals incarcerated for supporting the Islamic...
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The Pensacola Terrorist Attack: The Enduring Influence of al-Qa`ida and its Affiliates
...broader realm of U.S. foreign and security policy. CTC Colin P. Clarke is a Senior Research Fellow at the Soufan Center where his research focuses on transnational terrorism,...
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“Fighters Without Borders”—Forecasting New Trends in Iran Threat Network Foreign Operations Tradecraft
...Tehran’s “fighters without borders,” but given the Quds Force’s control of this network of Shi`a foreign fighters, the term more aptly applies to the Quds Force and the...
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The Islamic State Looks East: The Growing Threat in Southeast Asia
...violent extremism, radicalization, and issues in the cyber domain. The author wishes to thank Cameron Sumpter (associate research fellow at CENS) and Juhi Ajuha (research analyst at CENS)...
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Qassem Soleimani and Iran’s Unique Regional Strategy
...than anyone else, Soleimani has been responsible for the creation of an arc of influence—which Iran terms its “Axis of Resistance”—extending from the Gulf of Oman through Iraq,...
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An Examination of Jihadi Recidivism Rates in the United States
...that question by looking at conflicting findings from research examining what to expect from terrorists who have served their sentences. Next, it presents quantitative data on those involved...
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