Although many in the West associate the Middle East as being the main source of jihadism, deaths due to terrorism in sub-Saharan Africa have outpaced those in the Middle East for the past several years.
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At the 14th Illicit Network Workshop hosted by the University of Leiden, ITSTIME presented findings from its study: “Navigating Beyond the Digital Safe Haven: Mapping the Course of Salafi-Jihadi Online Movements Outside Rocket.Chat Through URL Social Network Analysis (SNA)”.
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First Article of Five – The Impact of Polarization and Digital Cacophony on AI-Generated Text – An Introduction
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E’ uscito per Btt Edizioni a cura di Barbara Lucini il libro “Radicalizzazione, estremismi e nuove minacce”. In uno scenario complesso e conflittuale diventa essenziale l’apporto delle scienze sociali nella lettura di questi fenomeni, nella identificazione di nuove minacce e nella promozione di una cultura personale e professionale che sia in grado di comprendere i cambiamenti in atto.
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The spillover in the West of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after the October 7th 2023 attack by Hamas against Israel has been the subject of much discussion by terrorism and extremism experts[1].
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On October 8, 2024, the Justice Department in a press release announced the arrest of an Afghan national residing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO).
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La questione del genere nei processi di radicalizzazione ed estremismo è un tema che sta emergendo come sempre più interessante sia per gli aspetti sociali che evidenzia sia per quelli legati all’ambito della sicurezza.
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In the early 60s in Greece, during turbulent and violent political times, the iconic political figure George Papandreou, known in history as the “Elder of Democracy” uttered the phrase: “terrorize terrorists”. The phrase indicated the way to react against those causing fear in society with forms of political violence.
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WHAT WE KNOW
In the afternoon of September 17, 2024, hundreds of pagers used by individuals linked to the Iranian proxy armed group Hezbollah simultaneously exploded in several cities in Lebanon.
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In questi giorni si parla molto del sostegno dell’Ucraina e della Francia ai gruppi jihadisti in Mali e dintorni. Diversi quotidiani italiani hanno rilanciato queste narrative.
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On Monday 29th of July a knife rampage described as a “horror movie” took place in Southport, UK, during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class resulting in three little girls stabbed to death and eight others injured. The perpetrator was a 17-year-old boy arrested at the scene, and his motivations seem irrelevant to terrorism.
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La macchina militare israeliana si è messa in moto e stavolta i colpi inflitti sono durissimi. In meno di 72 ore l’IDF ha eliminato a Beirut il numero due di Hezbollah, Fuad Shukr e a Teheran il leader del bureau politico di Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.
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