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Terrorist groups like Al Qaeda (AQ) or the Islamic State (IS) have been pro-active in using the internet as well as traditional media formats to maintain a persistent media presence with the intention to influence their target audiences. For that purpose, they project influence based on a coherent – and thus for its target audience … Read More “New Paper: The Salafi-Jihadi Nexus” »
EICTP has published a new report: Ali Fisher & Nico Prucha, Understanding the Global Jihadist Movement: 20 years after 9/11, EICTP Expert Paper. Report Summary: Understanding the Global Jihadist Movement: 20 years after 9/11 is written by Ali Fisher and Nico Prucha. It is the first in a series of evidence-based research reports to examine the roots of … Read More “New Paper: The Global Jihadist Movement: 20 years after 9/11” »
Throughout history, violent political groups have exploited available means of communications to promote their cause, engage with their audiences and oppose their adversaries. Sunni jihadists have developed their own media items since the dawn of the Soviet Invasion into Afghanistan. As a result, the jihadist movement combines a long history of theological writing and strategic … Read More “New Article: Tracking IS Online” »
This chapter is part of a collection edited by Rudiger Lohlker; World Wide Warriors: How Jihadis Operate Online. The chapter is an in-depth analysis of a four-part video series named Salil alsawarim, or the “clanging of the swords”. This series is worthy of such detailed attention as it provides an excellent example of a certain … Read More “New Article: A Milestone for Islamic State Propaganda” »
Online disruption efforts generally aim to reduce the availability of jihadist content. Yet, the speed and agility of jihadist movements online – a multiplatform approach which a co-author of this paper has previously described as a ‘swarmcast’ – has allowed groups to evolve in response to disruption efforts and find new ways to distribute content. … Read More “New Paper: Mapping the Jihadist Information Ecosystem” »
“Netwar in Cyberia: Decoding the Media Mujahidin” dives deep into the elusive world of network-driven terrorism, which is particularly well-suited to evade top-down, traditional CVE methods. “No public diplomacy initiative can expect to counter the impact of the jihadist movement until they have understood what that movement is trying to achieve,” writes Fisher, warning that … Read More “New Paper: Netwar in Cyberia: Decoding the Media Mujahidin” »