New blog post - Public NIC statements on Australia’s threat environment: andrewzammit.org/2025/11/07/p...

New blog post - Public NIC statements on Australia’s threat environment: andrewzammit.org/2025/11/07/p...

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has released its report on the Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community (SONIC) Bill 2025: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has released its report on the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... This is the Bill that would allow Australia to ban Iran's IRGC as a terrorist organisation.

A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:

This is the first time I know of ASIO publicly describing a specific incident as “anarchist and revolutionary extremism”:

Have you caught up with our recent 'Upheaval' series? Here's @andrewzammit.bsky.social on 'Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook.' It is open access & free to read here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

incredible two paragraphs where he denies being a paid KGB informer, apart from taking all that money from the KGB.

I can’t recognise War on the Rocks anymore: warontherocks.com/2025/10/the-...

@jrovner.bsky.social, @rorycormac.bsky.social, and @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social's new article is a super read on an important but neglected area of covert action: www.cambridge.org/core/service...

🚨It’s out! Our new article (co-authored with soon-to-be Dr. Christina Schmid) examines how shifts in gender relations advanced the PYD’s broader politico-military strategy during three phases of insurgent control (2011–2018). It’s open access below!👇🏼 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sydney Morning Herald - Plea deal for US man linked to Wieambilla shootings: www.smh.com.au/national/que...

Not convinced by every argument in here, but this is definitely the best critique of the CSIS report on left-wing terrorism that I have yet read: www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...

Next we have @lguelcher.bsky.social's review of Avner Barnea's 'We Never Expected That'. Leslie brings her own background and experience to her assessment of Barnea's study of business and intelligence failures ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

We are very pleased to be able to share some of our recently published book reviews with you all! First up, Niha Pandey reviews Amanda Chisholm's "powerful and nuanced" book 'The Gendered and Colonial Lives of Gurkhas in Private Security' from @edinburghup.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

New Jihadology Guest Post: Who Are Nigeria’s “Newest” Jihadist Militants? by @james-barnett.bsky.social and @vincentfoucher.bsky.social jihadology.net/2025/10/15/g...

I’m a broken record on this but civil libertarians really need to come up with better arguments against ASIO’s questioning powers if they want anyone to listen: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Critics including Elon Musk have assailed my @cato.org colleague Alex Nowrasteh's study finding that most politically motivated terrorist killings in the U.S. since 1975 have been done by persons on the right. Alex responds to the critics here and explains his methods and classifications.

“specialist National Security Investigations (NSI) teams in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra to deal with the blurring lines between extremism, political violence, organised crime and foreign interference.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

We’re living through the rep era all over again

Tom Clancy posting Fukuyama & NAFO memes in between QTing his trans daughter is the good timeline.

The Age - IS-affiliated women and children return to Australia after smuggling themselves out of Syria: www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

It is Book Launch day for @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and My edited volume "Contemporary Far-Right Culture The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism" www.routledge.com/Contemporary...

This is great:

Thanks to generative AI, "the only foolproof thing that works right now is to slow down and ask questions before sharing: If a piece of content seems shocking, divisive, or too good to be true, pause before spreading it."

🚨Today we have a special edition of Insight monitor, where on a Friday morning I woke up and chose data. I take a close look at claims of rising left wing terrorism in the US: open.substack.com/pub/insighti...

imagine telling taylor goddamn swift, with a straight face, that she should perform for free because the exposure is valuable

This is way way worse than Kimmel, and also so broad that Kimmel could possibly be charged with something under these guidelines

CSIS - Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us www.csis.org/analysis/lef...

Among other things, the episode works as an illustration of what Fixated Threat Assessment Centres deal with every day.

📣 We’re on the search for our next Head of School and Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University! This is a fantastic chance to lead a vibrant school, work alongside brilliant colleagues, and become part of one of the world’s top unis. 👇 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

ABC - Australia formally recognises state of Palestine as Anthony Albanese arrives in US: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Thrilled to share our latest article in the TPV special issue on motivations! We explore how gendered narratives and misogyny act as a powerful shared language—connecting identity factors across far-right movements in Australia and the UK 👇🏼 doi.org/10.1080/0954...

15-page pamphlet summarising the results of systematic literature review of violent extremism risk assessment tools (or threat and risk, given that most studies it examines are of TRAP-18 and that tool’s creator is emphatic about the threat/risk distinction): static1.squarespace.com/static/66895...

Great thread on a pathetic decision.

Journal of Peace Research - Political violence in democracies: An Introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... This looks excellent.

Not sure what to make of this article. I can't agree that it's "unsayable" in terrorism studies to say that "terrorist groups can reproduce through and alongside state power rather than in simple opposition to it": direct.mit.edu/isec/article...

Thinking of Christmas shopping already? Let me help you. New edited volume with @avramovok.bsky.social is out in December with Lynne Rienner. www.rienner.com/title/Killin...

A bunch of new resources on the Australian legal definition of terrorism, and past reviews of the definition, have been added to the INSLM website: www.inslm.gov.au/reviews/defi...

Female leader of Terrorgram Collective (July 2022-Sept 2024) pleads guilty to conspiring to provide material support to terrorism. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leade...

@jmberger.com @grahammacklin.bsky.social Do you know if the Resolve Network is still around?

The Attorney-General, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, has introduced the Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community Bill 2025. ℹ️ To find out more, visit: aph.gov.au/bills.

I had no idea that Australian universities were run particularly differently to American ones:

Just finished this terrific LiSTNR podcast by @joeyhwatson.bsky.social. Lots of new insights on the Christchurch attack — including from unexpected places, like Bulgarian intelligence and a Queensland machine works. Well worth a listen. play.listnr.com/podcast/secr...

🔊 We delighted to share the first two OPEN ACCESS articles on our new 'Upheaval' series! First up we have @andrewzammit.bsky.social on 'Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook'. Read it here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Legislation introduced to make ASIO’s compulsory questioning powers permanent and to extend them beyond politically-motivated violence, espionage and foreign interference: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Gaza is on the precipice of a cascading mass death event. The world must compel Israel to flood the territory with aid and bring an end to the now-pointless war so that reconstruction can begin.

Alternatively, you can read this interview with the excellent @noamgidron.bsky.social & Yaniv Roznai. Also a reminder that boycotting all Israeli academics is not just morally dubious (collective punishment) but also strengthens rather than weakens the Israeli far right.