Jess Davis
PhD. Social scientist and entrepreneur combining research and practice. Illicit finance expert, newsletter writer, consultant. Working to stop bad people from doing bad things with money. Co-host of Secure Line podcast.
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Terrorism & Pol Violence
Good follows in the terrorism & political violence space. I'm curating this based on academics, researchers, and journalists whose work I know.
Canadian NatSec Starter Pack
Good follows if you're interested in Canadian national security
@morrisonjf.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Criminology at the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University
@noemiebouhana.bsky.social
Professor of Crime Science and Counter Extremism at University College London. Augmented social ecologies, systemism, moral fragmentation, fluid extremism. Criminologist in an engineering faculty. French girl in Cambridge.
@maxwsmeets.bsky.social
Author of No Shortcuts & Ransom War Co-director Virtual Routes (https://virtual-routes.org/), previously ECCRI Managing Editor Binding Hook (https://bindinghook.com) Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich
@broderickmcdonald.bsky.social
International Security, Terrorism, Online-Offline Harms | Associate Fellow, Kings College London ICSR | Fmr Special Advisor, Government of Canada Prev: UNAOC/Aspen/Cambridge
@reuters.com
@aaronwinter.bsky.social
Sociologist at Lancaster University working on Racism,Terrorism & the Far Right. Co-ed of @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Co-author of Reactionary Democracy: How Racism & the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso) with Aurelien Mondon
@rothschildmd.bsky.social
Conspiracy theory journalist, expert witness, author of JEWISH SPACE LASERS and THE STORM IS UPON US. "Little chicken-neck guy" - Alex Jones. Contact: rothschildmd@protonmail.com. Website: TheMikeRothschild.com.
@joakimkreutz.bsky.social
Associate professor at Department of Government, Uppsala University. Scholarly interests include armed conflict onset, dynamics, and termination; repression and peacemaking, sanctions and trust. Other interests include football, food, travel, and more.
@cstpv.bsky.social
Based at the University of St Andrews the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence is Europe's oldest Centre of its kind.
@jpict.bsky.social
The Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism is an international forum for new research and analysis of contemporary security issues. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rpic20
@vox-pol.bsky.social
Academic network focused on researching prevalence, contours, functions, & impacts of online violent extremism and terrorism. Website: http://www.voxpol.eu
@prleblond.bsky.social
CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa Senior Fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation & Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Research Fellow @ CIRANO
@snellarthur.bsky.social
Writer, podcaster and former diplomat. https://www.rusi.org/people/snell arthursnell.substack.com
@tetreaultaj.bsky.social
Storyteller. Visual sociologist. Photographer. Comms person. A soldier, once upon a time. Bike tinkerer.
@jamiemaccoll.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow @rusi.bsky.social | Senior Research Associate @virtualroutes.bsky.social | Usually researching ransomware and cybercrime | Sometime indie landfill guitarist
@en.ottawa.ca
Official account of the City of Ottawa. Not monitored 24/7. Currently testing this new channel. Posting Monday to Friday, occasionally on weekends. Stay updated with the latest info. Français: @fr.ottawa.ca Service-related requests: ottawa.ca or call 311
@encyclopediageopolitica.com
Global Head of Intelligence @ major European corporation, Adjunct Prof in Intelligence at Sciences Po Paris. Author on private intel. Podcasting on dangerous stuff and writing about geopolitics @ EncyclopediaGeopolitica.com
@ftm.eu
Platform for radically independent investigative journalism. Become a member: www.ftm.eu
@mikehager.bsky.social
Journalist at @globeandmail.bsky.social covering the political, economic and social issues that affect us all. News tips, please: mhager@globeandmail.com https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/mike-hager/
@amirajadoon.bsky.social
@socterres.bsky.social
@iclmg-csilc.bsky.social
We are a Canadian coalition fighting to defend rights in the context of the "war on terror" / La Coalition pour la surveillance internationale des libertés civiles lutte pour défendre les droits dans le contexte de la "guerre contre le terrorisme"
@intnatsecjournal.bsky.social
Intelligence and National Security is a leading journal focused on the role of intelligence and secretive agencies in international relations and politics. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fint20
@timminy.bsky.social
Will annoy you enthusiastically about Content + UX + Accessibility • Excellent parallel parker • B+ cat mom • Named after a Charlie's Angel • she/her
@ebharrington.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words @washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian. All at brookeharrington.com
@bartschuurman.bsky.social
Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at Leiden University
@markkersten.bsky.social
Prof, advocate, and legal researcher working addressing human rights violations, political violence, and mass atrocity events in Canada and around the world.
@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
Bringing Canada's history to everyone, the good, the bad, the weird. Enjoy my podcasts Canadian History Ehx and From John to Justin
@isanet.bsky.social
International Studies Association - A community of international studies scholars. https://linktr.ee/intlstudiesassociation
@bluebilliejeans.bsky.social
Researching violent extremist movements & threat actors. Networked behavior, memes, movement evolutions, & that deep lore. OSINT SOCMINT VIBESINT
@jheathershaw.bsky.social
Professor @cais-exeter.bsky.social University of Exeter, UK. Author of "Security After Christendom" (2024) and "Indulging Kleptocracy" (2025). Academic freedom by/for/of academics.
@jameskhalil.bsky.social
PCVE, Disengagement & Deradicalization Expert ~ The ABC Model of Violent Extremism: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2019.1699793 ~ The 'Off-Ramp' from al-Shabaab: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376521289_The_Off-Ramp_from_a
@ginavale.bsky.social
Lecturer of Criminology @University of Southampton 📘 Author: "The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State" OxUniPress 2024 Associate/Fellow @ICCT_TheHague & @Vox_Pol Study #terrorism, #extremism, #gender, #youth ✉️ gina.vale@soton.ac.uk Usual caveats
@kristencsenkey.bsky.social
SSHRC-funded Postdoctoral Fellow at Brian Mulroney Institute of Government & current Postdoctoral Fellow at Centre for International Governance Innovation Digital Policy Hub Tech, policy & governance kristencsenkey.com
@echennylamb.bsky.social
Innie: Biologist in Alaska. Outie: aspiring polymath and lots of other things too
@gnetresearch.bsky.social
The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) is an academic research initiative backed by The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, a special project delivered by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation
@fiu.je
We serve as Jersey's national intelligence agency and competent authority, responsible for the receipt, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence on financial crime, specifically money laundering and TF and PF activities.
@matfleury.bsky.social
City leader - a healthy and green🌳 Capital in a vibrant #ottawa with more housing🏘. Fier papa et #ONFR 🏃🏻♂️🏊🏻♂️⚽️⛷⛸ Care about #Ottawa? Let’s connect!
@smarrin.bsky.social
Full Prof at James Madison University & Director of Intelligence Analysis program. Former CIA analyst. Editor of journal Intelligence & National Security https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fint20
@reggiemccheese.bsky.social
I couldn’t think of anything clever so I’ll leave my humour to your imagination. Canadian 🇨🇦 PhD Student at Carleton University specilizing in security, intelligence, and defence. Views expressed are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
@fulelo.bsky.social
BBC cog; Russia, FSU, E.Europe, Syria opp watcher. Views own, some humour 🤨 migrant, chatty. Oversharing news. Masto: @fulelo@journa.host prior X @fulelo Work: #TheGlobalJigsaw http://tinyurl.com/4t2vh3e2 BBCNews starter pack https://go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD