Are you in Melbourne on 30 July? @petercgrace.bsky.social will be speaking about his new book, The Intelligence Intellectuals, strategic warning and the ongoing relevance of intelligence analysis at the University of Melbourne at 4pm. Looks fantastic! 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-intell...

New article about how the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)’s mandate to counter foreign interference has changed over the decades, and what that tells us about the factors that shape intelligence reform: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article about how the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)’s mandate to counter foreign interference has changed over the decades, and what that tells us about the factors that shape intelligence reform: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New blog post on the CTC Sentinel article Levi West and I co-authored in late March on the Bondi attack. The post keeps track of information that has come out about the alleged attackers in the two months since the article was published: andrewzammit.org/2026/05/25/c...

Academics, is there an article or paper that you've published that you feel has slipped under the radar? Reply or quote this post with your overlooked piece! Here's mine... www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Many thanks to CTC Sentinel for publishing this article by Levi J. West and I on the Bondi massacre, placing the attack in the context of past Australian jihadist activity and shifts in Islamic State's approaches to transnational mobilisation: ctc.westpoint.edu/the-bondi-at...

Many thanks to CTC Sentinel for publishing this article by Levi J. West and I on the Bondi massacre, placing the attack in the context of past Australian jihadist activity and shifts in Islamic State's approaches to transnational mobilisation: ctc.westpoint.edu/the-bondi-at...

📖 We were also very pleased to publish a double review by Valentin Stoain on the pressing issue of intelligence ethics. Follow the link below for a fascinating review of Jan Goldman's 'Ethical Espionage' and Cecile Fabre's 'Spying through a Glass Darkly' ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🔊 📖 We've also published some brilliant new book reviews over the past few months! 📖 First we have Kyle Bester with a review of Durán and Loza's "Justice Required," 'a thorough and morally urgent analysis of police shootings'. Read the review here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

We also have review copies of some excellent new terrorism/CVE titles available to share with interested reviewers. Just reach out to @melaniebrand.bsky.social or email melanie dot brand at mq dot edu dot au for more information.

the iran crackdown is so terrible to contemplate. they really did murder everyone

ABC - Timor-Leste remembers Indonesian invasion 50 years after military assault: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

💡Moving on to some of our most popular intel articles, first up we have James Ramsey and Andrew Macpherson, who asked "Is the academy equipping tomorrow’s intelligence professionals to analyze data-centric threats?" Read it here & in our upcoming 20th bday collection! 🎉 ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Next up in our most popular and noteworthy policing articles, we have Sophia Yakhlef with "Humour, trust and tacit knowledge of police and border officers in international police collaboration". This one is open access & free to read! ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🎉As part of our 20th birthday celebrations, JPICT are publishing an edited volume of our most popular and noteworthy articles. We're going to give all our followers a sneak peak over the coming days of what's included 📖 First up we have Colin Atkinson with "Mind the Grass!" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Findings from the inquest into the Wieambilla murders: www.coronerscourt.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...

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.