27Nov/20

EU economic losses in the haze of jihad: The impacts on domestic businesses (part 2) – by Daniele M. Barone

27/11/2020TerrorismCriptocurrency, Daesh, Economy, EuropeMarco Lombardi

Researches and surveys, so far, highlight how the negative impact of jihad on the EU economy creates a trickle-down effect on people and fields of business that can vary with the maturity of an economy but also with the nature and target of the attack. Continue reading →

22Nov/20

EU economic losses in the haze of jihad: The impacts on domestic businesses (part 1) – by Daniele M. Barone

22/11/2020TerrorismCriptocurrency, Daesh, Economy, EuropeMarco Lombardi

Jihadist terrorist attacks perpetrated on European soil during the last months have heightened fears that a new terror wave could be building across the EU.^[i] Continue reading →

15Nov/20

Covid-19 e (neo) Brigate Rosse: prime riflessioni – by Diego Bolchini

15/11/2020TerrorismBR, Brigate Rosse, Italy, Red BrigateMarco Lombardi

Nei giorni 10 e 11 novembre diverse agenzie, organi di stampa nazionali e locali hanno rilanciato la notizia di lettere minatorie a firma di sedicenti appartenenti alle Brigate rosse. Continue reading →

27Ott/20

L’Italia  s’è desta e protesta[1]- By Barbara Lucini

27/10/2020SecurityCOVID-19, Italy, Milan, Pandemic, Riots, Rome, SociologyMarco Lombardi

Le proteste che da venerdì 23 Ottobre stanno interessando varie città e paesi in Italia sono il prodotto costruito dalla gestione dell’emergenza in Italia. Continue reading →

25Ott/20

Terrorismo islamista: Francia sotto pressione – by G. Giacalone, M. Lombardi, M. Maiolino

25/10/2020TerrorismDaesh, France, Jihad, Macron, ParisMarco Lombardi

La linea del tempo

La barbara uccisione del docente di educazione civica, Samuel Paty, mostra una serie di fattori dei quali non si può non tener conto se si vuole andare oltre cronache e sensazionalismi per capire in che direzione si sta evolvendo il terrorismo di stampo islamista in Europa e in particolare in Francia. Continue reading →

11Set/20

9/11 and the legacy of fear – by Maria Alvanou

11/09/2020Security9/11, COVID-19, Nine Eleven, USAMarco Lombardi

9/11 was undoubtedly a day that changed history. Although the world was no stranger to terrorism, the terror attack that took place on that day marked the beginning of the “war against terrorism”. The impact was devastating in various levels. Continue reading →

04Set/20

The Incappucciati, disinformation, digital responsibility and global citizenship[1] – by Giovanni Gugg[2]

04/09/2020SecurityConverge, COVID-19, Ku Klux Klan, SociologyMarco Lombardi

For some years now some international newspapers have been rethinking the ‘foreign news’ section according to a principle for which paying attention to the ‘other’ is like looking in the mirror, where both similarities and differences can speak of ‘us’. Continue reading →

02Set/20

US multiagency operation dismantled part of al-Qaeda’s cryptocurrency network. What we learned so far and what to expect – by Daniele M. Barone

02/09/2020SecurityAl-Qaeda, Bitcoin, Criptocurrency, Terrorism, USAMarco Lombardi

On August 13, the US Department of Justice announced that the US government, through a multiagency effort, seized about $2 million in Bitcoin from accounts connected to Al Qaeda, Daesh, and the al-Qassam Brigades (i.e. Hamas’s paramilitary arm) and disrupted their terrorism financing cryptocurrency networks. Continue reading →