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.

Just read this excellent Introduction to an important special issue on democratic erosion in Israel. As other authoritarian leaders used COVID-19 to weaken liberal democracy, Netanyahu has used the October 7 attack to push through what hundreds of thousands had successfully prevented in 2023.

spreading democracy at the barrel of the gun was a catastrophe the last time we tried it. but *defending* existing democracies under existential attack is a different ballgame. and, more than anything, proving that democracy *works* is fundamental. www.liberalcurrents.com/lessons-for-...

Got a new piece today taking issue w Sam Moyn’s recent Harper’s article on the origins of the Ukraine War.

What does a weakened Iran mean for its relations with the Houthis? My new piece for the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies: sanaacenter.org/the-yemen-re...

Lord David Anderson’s report Lessons for Prevent has been published: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687611...

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism - The October 7, 2023 Attacks and the Maturation of Terrorism Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Lot to think about. I like the outline of the evolution of terrorism studies, but have disagreements, and find the Oct 7 angle strange and unconvincing.

Good video on the EU’s 18th round of sanctions against Russia, their enforcement, and their potential impact on Russia’s shadow fleet: youtu.be/NcuhRXG7Ufc?...

If you'd like to find out more about our 'Upheaval' series and how to contribute, see our pinned post or read our call for papers here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Next we have Daniel Baldino and Mark Balnaves on 'Rebuilding epistemic authority: strategic transparency and digital ethnography in policing and intelligence'. This article is also open access, read it here! ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

New article of mine in the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism about the FBI's new CVE handbook, asking what it tells us about CVE research and practice, and looking at the political context in which the handbook was released: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article of mine in the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism about the FBI's new CVE handbook, asking what it tells us about CVE research and practice, and looking at the political context in which the handbook was released: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Forthcoming report on Prevent may recommend an anti-violence scheme beyond extremism: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

GNET - AI at the Centre: Violent Extremist Exploitation in Pirkkala gnet-research.org/2025/07/14/a... (some examples of current use of Generative AI by violent extremists)

Terrorism and Political Violence - Cognitive and Behavioral Radicalization: An Explanatory Split? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Great article, progresses the ideology debate in terrorism studies much further than earlier contributions. Also just good to see this sort of respectful debate.

UK intelligence view on the current state of the relationship between al-Qaeda and Iran (with some redactions):

Not even out in the US yet and somehow my book is number four in military sciences at Amazon... 😀

PKK fighters destroy weapons at key ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan www.france24.com/en/live-news...

@aelkus.bsky.social I’ve just read this, found it fascinating, and it may interest you (reminds me of your old posts about a computational strategy research program, but I recognise that’s very different to the “computational diplomacy” proposed here): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The @duckofminerva.bsky.social is a International Relations blog with a focus on theory, teaching, and research. I founded it in 2005. It quickly grew to become a cooperative endeavor. It's gone from multiple pieces a day to maybe an article every 2 weeks. But it's still alive and publishing.

I wrote the world’s laziest blog post because I love Henry Farrell’s new article: andrewzammit.org/2025/06/26/h...

Europol’s latest European Union Terrorism Trend and Situation Report is out: www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/de...

Sterman’s work was far more sophisticated than most forever/endless war arguments, but few ever engaged with it.

Iran’s response was more than symbolic: www.justice.gov/archives/opa...

My book comes out next week. Something like this cannot be written without the help and support of a lot of good people. So I'd like to publicly acknowledge and thank them for all our good conversations. A lot of them are here on BluSky but I am not going to tag them all.