Western intelligence agencies are tracking “active clubs” — neo-fascist fight clubs now in 27 countries, according to a GPAHE report. Born from an American neo-Nazi gang, they’re expanding across borders building a transnational movement that officials see as a growing security threat. Read more:

Interested in critical Terrorism And Security Studies, but based in Southern Europe and longing for like minded peers? Then join us this Wednesday at the IN CTSS Network launch! Organised by the stellar @alicecmartini.bsky.social & @raquelbdasilva.bsky.social Free registration online event ;)

Another chairing that was an absolute pleasure for me! Thank you to our speakers for their insights and thanks to IBEI for trusting me with the moderation role once again :)

Very happy about the honorable mention in the Juan Linz Award from @cepcgob.bsky.social! Congrats to @nerealidad.bsky.social and Andreu Rodilla, so well deserved!!

Para prevenir el cáncer de mama: - Mantén un estilo de vida saludable. - Realiza actividad física. - Hazte autoexploraciones mamarias mensuales. Sométete a exámenes periodicos. - No votes al PP.

No podíamos tener una mejor inauguración de la serie de nuestros @ipp-csic.bsky.social Seminarios. La presentación de @inesbsomoano.bsky.social nos proporcionó claves analíticas fundamentales para entender mejor por qué la gente cree en las teorías de la conspiración. Felicidades!

Ojalá todas las presentaciones fueran tan fructíferas y agradables como ésta en el @ipp-csic.bsky.social . Muchísimas gracias a @martafraile.bsky.social por la invitación, y a todo el personal del @cchscsic.bsky.social por la cálida acogida a mi trabajo y mis ideas!

¡Mañana vuelven nuestros seminarios! Inés Bolaños (@inesbsomoano.bsky.social) de @ibeingparanoid.bsky.social inaugura el ciclo de otoño en la Sala Herbert Simon del @cchscsic.bsky.social La entrada es libre hasta completar aforo. También en directo por YouTube: youtube.com/live/GUT22d1...

¡Inauguramos la temporada de otoño de nuestros Seminarios con la ponencia de @inesbsomoano.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @ibei.org Miércoles 24 a las 12:00 en la Sala Herbert Simon del @cchscsic.bsky.social Entrada libre y gratuita. Directo en YouTube: tinyurl.com/ytkbqza6

Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism by Cynthia Miller-Idriss. @milleridriss.bsky.social "Cynthia Miller-Idriss provides a luminous and disturbing account of the misogyny at the heart of far-right movements." – @victorerikray.bsky.social Link to publisher's webpage:

Into conspiracy theories? 👀 Next Wednesday 24, our @ipp-csic.bsky.social Seminar Series kicks off with the great @inesbsomoano.bsky.social , who’ll be sharing fascinating new research on the topic. Don’t miss it!

¡Haced hueco en vuestras agendas! El próximo miércoles 24 arranca nuestro programa de Seminarios con Inés Bolaños (@inesbsomoano.bsky.social), PhD Political Science en @eui-eu.bsky.social, Visiting & Postdoc Radicalisation en @unileiden.bsky.social y Lecturer International Security en @ibei.org

Please come join us to hear the latest from me and @mcneilwillson.bsky.social paper on Conspiracy Belief, Resilience and Social Exclusion in Northern Europe. Madrid 24th Sept at @ipp-csic.bsky.social !

🍂 Continuamos con los estrenos: ¡ya está aquí la programación de otoño de nuestros seminarios! ⚠ Recordad que: 1️⃣ La asistencia es libre y gratuita. 2️⃣ Se retransmitirán en directo a través de nuestro canal de YouTube. Muy pronto más información sobre cada sesión. ¡Estad atentos!

💡Two super useful resources for when academics (or journalists!) are being targeted - and for institutions to be prepared. (We are underprepared…) 1) expertvoicestogether.org/researcher 2) researchersupport.org #ECPRgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social

This paper sheds light on dynamics of #indirect transnational governance and #localactor enlistment that underpin EU #security and #counter-terrorism . By championing preventive measures, more easily accepted by Member States because they align with social rather than security policy objectives.

Monday book brag; my review of Carlos Yebra's book is out! A fantastic and systematic analysis the press' usage of metaphors on Terrorism and Democracy when covering major terror in Spain. Review courtesy of @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social & editor Leonie Jackson! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Una investigación de The National confirma que los supuestos puestos de ayuda de Gaza son trampas donde se ametrallan de forma sistemática a los palestinos www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

The best kind of network: sorority ❤️

DOGE was sold to the American people as a cost-cutting initiative. Instead, it is clearly something far more sinister: a sprawling data-harvesting operation that threatens the constitutional foundations for American democracy, Laura MacCleery writes. buff.ly/o83rCOL

Just going to slowly introduce some of my research to BlueSky. I'm a critical theorist interested in political possibilities of new media, particularly memes. My first journal article was a theoretical framework for the political study of internet memes. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Kicking off this year's #BISA2025 with an amazing lecture from #CynthiaEnloe. I would try to make her words justice, and fail, but luckily I don't have to! Looking forward to seeing all my lovely folks this week in #Belfast, and thanks to @mybisa.bsky.social for another excellent conference :)

If you're at #BISA2025 join us for a site visit to Brink!, an exciting climate focused social enterprise in the heart of Belfast. Learn about how civil society groups in Belfast are finding new ways of working in a climate crisis. 19th June at 7pm: bit.ly/3GKLASE @playthinkbrink.bsky.social

Brilliant paper on the in-between spaces of extremism! (...) Social media enables and shapes distinct hybridization processes by which conspiracy beliefs, personal grievances, and various ad hoc convictions are combined with ideology fragments, consequently producing new extremist narratives (...)

Must read de @sergiogracia.bsky.social para @cordopolis.es ! Reclutados: el silencioso avance de la extrema derecha entre los jóvenes españoles cordopolis.eldiario.es/132_bc664c?u...

Only two days left to submit your abstract for #SISP 2025! 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 If you are working on European #Security and/or #Counter-terrorism, we want to see your work. We are hoping to bring together a diverse crew, from critical terrorism scholars to orthodox security researchers, so don't be shy and apply!

El vídeo de una mujer de Barcelona que dice recibir ayudas por estar casada con un hombre marroquí: asegura que “es una parodia” y no existen esas prestaciones

Third day of @ecpr.bsky.social at lovely Prague! Excited for another day of discussions on the #FarRight . Thanks to all my lovely workshop mates and @raffaelemstr.bsky.social & Lisbeth Zimmerman for bringing us together!

📢 New blog article on human security! In this article, Pol Bargués explores how the EU is shifting away from the concept of human security in its policy approach and examines the implications for European governance & citizens’ rights and safety. Read more here: regroup-horizon.eu/blog-human-s...

New article Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming, co-authored with @georgenewth.bsky.social & @k8ebrown.bsky.social We explore a ‘fifth wave’ of far-right politics in which the identities of the mainstream & far right are mutually constitutive cup.org/3YFVnzn

Today was a lovely occasion to learn more about energy transition, and participate in a conference outside academia! Thanks to everyone involved but especially Daniel and @martijnvlaskamp.bsky.social for sharing their expertise, and to Palau Macaya y La Caixa for their support!

Thank you @illsp.bsky.social for publsihibg this interview on my work on social norms and their role in explaining the rise of illiberal politicians. If you happen to be interested, you can find the interview here: www.illiberalism.org/vicente-vale...

#BreakingNews on #ExtremeRight: Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution on Friday designated the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a right-wing extremist organisation that poses a threat to democracy & the constitutional order www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. www.404media.co/nfts-that-co...

Barcelona #blackout, two scenes: one, a group of people gathered around a radio during the day, the only still working comms. Two, a rare night view of Bcn with almost no lights... What a surreal day it has been!

Primera contribuciò a la premsa en català amb @elmondiari.bsky.social elmon.cat/mon/dreta-gl...

Feliz de haber contribuido a este artículo, sobre la relación entre religión, extrema derecha y la elección del nuevo Papa!

Call-out: share your experiences of repressive protest policing in 2025 netpol.org/2025/04/23/c...

This week, Portuguese universities that receive US funding via the American Corner program were sent a list a questions from the US government. They were told that funding would be stopped if they failed to respond or if the answers were not seen as “adequate”. www.publico.pt/2025/04/10/s...

Three convictions, three guilty pleas. Inside the “minions” spy cell and Russia’s push to develop espionage freelancers. warontherocks.com/2025/04/puti...

Regulatory frameworks and changing platform policies 📵 Prof. Trisha Meyer (VUB and BsoG) presented the findings from the EDMO country analysis on online platform accountability. The research indicates that platforms influence the prevalence of disinformation through policies and practices.

Student appreciation post for my "Online Right Wing Radicalisation" class at @ibei.org . I feel so privileged to be teaching something so "youth oriented", their POVs and approach to the topic is so fresh, raw and direct, that it often makes me re-think my stance. Plus a hella strong #meme game!

The polarization hype is not new by the way Evan Smith and I discussed it back in 2022 and argued it was paving the way for the far right and Trump's return I wish we'd been wrong... jacobin.com/2022/09/trum...

What do Kanye West, health and wellness influencers, and “Tradwives” have in common? They're all pop culture touchpoints that help us understand the evolving gender & racial politics of the Right. 🧵

My article "The role of right-wing enjoyment in the normalisation of the far-right" has been published in @risjnl.bsky.social Review of International Studies. I investigate how right-wing liberals, moderates, and conservatives - once disavowing the far-right - enjoy political victories alongside it.

📣New blog📣 Our member, @calderarocha.bsky.social, discusses her recent article on the appropriation of feminism by a far-right women's collective of 'identitarian feminists.' Check it out below! reacpol.net/farright-fem...

Rejoice: the 2025 Spring-Summer book season is here! Two excellent books for me to read and review in the next few months, courtesy of @iajournal.bsky.social and Critical Studies in Terrorism. #bookreview #radicalization

🚨 New article alert! 🚨 Thrilled to share our latest open-access article in Politics & Gender: “Beyond Likes: The Role of Influencers in Promoting Views about Feminism and Anti-Feminism in Spain”, w/ @martafraile.bsky.social and @pzuluaga.bsky.social . 📢 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🧵👇 Thread

Immensely proud of @bcaihuelas.bsky.social for defending her thesis and doing dissemination of her fantastic work on #gender and #politics. You can hear explain it here: youtu.be/qEyGuMNfLK4 Honoris causa thank you to @atiradocastro.bsky.social who has a heart of gold and a mind of diamond 🫶🏼