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Don't miss this review from Volume XX, Issue 3. Kaitlyn DaVisio assesses @julie_renbe's Violence Risk Index in ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด: creative and useful, but validated on a narrow sample.
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#terrorism #bookreview
Don't miss this resource from our latest issue. Judith Tinnes has compiled a bibliography on terrorism and CBRN weapons, covering publications up to July 2026 from 200+ sources.
Open access: buff.ly/HtVEVLA
#terrorismresearch #CBRN
Don't miss this research note. On the gore sites studied, only 0.52% of users posted ideological extremist videos, yet repeat uploads made up 76.79% of that content.
Lewys Brace explains the "specialisation effect": buff.ly/7ENDLKI
Working with terrorism data? Our latest issue has a study you shouldn't skip.
@malonsovillota and @RubenArcosM compared 55 open datasets on definitions, sources and codebooks.
Take a look: buff.ly/z4fmqXJ
Don't miss this one from our latest issue. Elena Martynova and Jessica Davis studied seven IMVE groups and eleven attacks in Canada. Every attack was self-financed.
Read their findings here: buff.ly/hDPSejN
Why do foreign fighters shape some insurgencies more than others?
Peter S. Henne reviews @tricbacon's book ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข, on Afghanistan and Somalia: strong empirics, a debatable explanation.
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Can language reveal who might turn to mass violence?
@julie_renbe proposes a Violence Risk Index in her book; ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด. Kaitlyn DaVisio reviews its promise and its limits.
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New in Perspectives on Terrorism: a bibliography on terrorism and CBRN weapons by Judith Tinnes.
Books, articles, theses and grey literature up to July 2026, drawn from more than 200 sources. Great resource if you're interested in the field!
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AI is unlikely to change why terrorists act. It can change how easily they do it.
@Joana_Cook, @GraigKlein and Bร rbara Molas report on 26 experts from 11 countries and propose a Force Multiplier Framework.
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Only 0.52% of users on the gore sites studied posted ideological extremist videos, but repeat uploads make up 76.79% of that content.
Lewys Brace on the "specialisation effect" and violence-fixated attackers.
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Why do terrorism datasets disagree?
Often it comes down to how they were built. @malonsovillota and @RubenArcosM examined 55 open databases and found gaps in definitions, sources and codebooks.
Take a look: buff.ly/ON4Tk3a
Every IMVE attack studied in Canada was self-financed.
Elena Martynova and Jessica Davis trace how extremist groups raise and move money, and which counter-financing tools fit.
Perspectives on Terrorism Vol. XX, Issue 3 out now!
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๐ข Our September Perspectives on Terrorism Newsletter is out!
Read highlights from the latest issue and stay informed on the latest research, analysis, and resources in terrorism studies.
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Last week marked 25 years since the start of the War on Terror.
Most retrospectives focused on Afghanistan, Iraq, and the US.
Rarely mentioned: Kenya, never an official war zone, but one that lived through the War on Terror all the same.
Emma Boyle reviews Samar Al-Bulushi's War-Making as Worldmaking: 15 months of fieldwork on who defines "security" in Kenya, who it protects, and who gets branded a threat, including a chapter on the home becoming a site of state suspicion.
One striking thread: Kenyan Muslims, present on the coast since the 10th century, recast as foreign threats, echoing "no-go zone" rhetoric used in Europe.
25 years on, a reminder that the WOT's legacy reaches far beyond the usual headlines.
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What if the thing that makes someone a terrorist is the same thing that makes someone a saint, an artist, or just really into their hobby?
A book review we published earlier this year by John Morrison unpacks Kruglanski & Moskalenko's provocative case.
Their argument: a "single-track mind" - total dedication to one pursuit, any means justified - shows up in figures we admire just as much as in terrorists. Not that extremists are "normal."
That extreme focus isn't unique to them.
Morrison's one critique: the book's accessibility (readable in one sitting) comes at some cost to depth for those already in the field.
Still, a sharp read for anyone teaching or studying extremism.
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Writing on critical infrastructure security and dreading the lit review?
Tinnes' 2025 bibliography maps the field for you: journals, books, theses, grey lit, all focused on preventing and responding to terrorist attacks on infrastructure. Bookmark it: buff.ly/CiP5DVZ
