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.
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@jessmarindavis.bsky.social
@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
@willallchorn.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow @ipppriataru.bsky.social, Assoc Prof @richmondunildn.bsky.social, & Gbl Far Right Co-Editor @manchesterup.bsky.social, researching Far-Right Movements and CVE Responses. https://www.aru.ac.uk/people/william-allchorn
@surajlakhani.bsky.social
Academic @sussexfss.bsky.social Research Fellow at Vox-Pol | Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social | Steering Board @extremismgaming.bsky.social | Ambassador @getwigi.com Researching all things terrorism, particularly video-games and violent extremism.
@joanacook.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Terrorism and Political Violence, ISGA, Leiden University l Senior Project Manager at The International Center for Counter-Terrorism l Adjunct at Johns Hopkins University. I research terrorism and counter-terrorism www.joanacook.com
@akilnawan.bsky.social
Academic at Royal Holloway, University of London. Director of the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social. Words in New Statesman, BBC History, National Interest, History Today, Jacobin, BylineTimes, Independent
@mattkriner.bsky.social
Militant Accelerationism. Radicalization. Digital Extremism. Trust & Safety. Executive Director of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism (ICDE) and Accelerationism Research Consortium (ARC) www.counteringextremism.org www.accresearch.org
@milleridriss.bsky.social
Founding Director @perilresearch.bsky.social, testing ideas to prevent violence & build social cohesion. Author, Man Up, Hate in the Homeland, The Extreme Gone Mainstream. MSNBC columnist. Can accept many opinions as long as we agree all dogs go to heaven.
@orlalynch-ucc.bsky.social
Psychologist working on extremism, CVE, victimology and other stuff - Prof of Criminology - UCC - Cork Ireland
@jjfforest.bsky.social
Professor & Director of Security Studies, UMass Lowell; Editor-in-Chief, Terrorism & Political Violence; Editor-in-Chief, Perspectives on Terrorism; Visiting Professor Fletcher School; published 22 books (http://amzn.to/2zW8brk)
@twsisu.bsky.social
Three decades (😱) as an intelligence analyst with portfolios ranging from the 8th Guards Army to the Bloods street gang to domestic terrorism of various stripes. Pro 🇺🇸, NATO, 🇺🇦 and the US Postal Service.
@galwaygrrl.bsky.social
Moriarty Prof. of Gov & Int’l Studies, Dublin City University; Prof. Cyber Threats, CYTREC, Swansea University; initiator of VOX-Pol. Major research interests = online extremism and terrorism, online radicalisation, regulation, research ethics.
@kearnserinm.bsky.social
Director of Law Enforcement Partnerships at NCITE_COE. Associate Professor at UNO SCCJ. Avid traveler, casual yogi.
@emilarchambault.bsky.social
Postdoc / chercheur postdoctoral, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. Researching remote war, armed drones, OSINT investigations / recherches sur la guerre à distance, les drones armés, enquêtes OSINT. Compte bilingue.
@theloopcast.bsky.social
Official account of the podcast hosted by Chelsea Daymon & @rejectionking.bsky.social | Contact us: theloopcast@gmail.com | Join us: https://theloopcast.substack.com
@alexphelan.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Monash University. All things insurgent governance, legitimation theory, gender, and organised crime especially in Colombia. Left my ❤️ in #LatAm. Staunch defender of trampoline fitness.
@andrewzammit.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Victoria University. Interested in terrorism, security and human rights.
@aysed.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Studies at Boston University; Political Com & Computational Methods. Middle Easterner, she/her
@lisastampnitzky.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, cat lady, etc. Thinking about truth, knowledge, secrecy, speakability, torture, “terrorism”, and the relationship between all of the above. Working at a university in the UK, with which this account is not affiliated.
@jgmaber.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Researching and teaching on Russian politics and security, and gender and conflict. Expect cat photos.
@ryanscrivens.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University; a criminologist mostly studying on- and offline behaviors and patterns of the extreme right. ryanscrivens.com
@victorasal.bsky.social
UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy.
@jamesigoewalsh.com
Program Director, Security & Preparedness, National Science Foundation Professor of Political Science, Data Science, & Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Studies bad things https://www.jamesigoewalsh.com
@jodi1994.bsky.social
Professor/scholar of nexus of corruption, illicit finance, conflict, and national security. Military Veteran. Views are my own; likes are not endorsements.
@jason-blazakis.bsky.social
I am the Executive Director (and Professor) of the Middlebury Institute's Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism. I am sanctioned by Vladimir Putin and once headed up the State Department's counterterrorism sanctions office.
@rajanbasra.bsky.social
Researching how terrorists think and act. ICSR Fellow / KCL War Studies PhD and postdoc / Studying cycles of violence and peace with XCEPT
@guyvanvlierden.bsky.social
Journalist @HLN_BE. Here I report on extremism/terrorism of all kinds, mostly in English.
@mkenney.bsky.social
I study drugs, high-risk activism, and political violence. I support my students and my country. I don’t support 47’s efforts to turn our country into a competitive authoritarian regime.
@allthingsct.bsky.social
@allthingsct on Twitter | OSINT, counterterrorism, financial crime, cyber enabled crime, security | Author, http://goo.gl/9tTfsn | Views = personal | Likes for collation only |
@devorahmargolin.bsky.social
Blumenstein-Rosenbloom Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute; Teach at Georgetown; PhD from War Studies at KCL; All views mine.
@matthewrr.bsky.social
National & financial security. Former UK civil servant and financial intelligence professional. Senior Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social CFS. Loves ideas, cult fiction, anomalous stuff, and landscapes. Views own.
@kgpetrich.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies at MIIS. Deputy Editor Global Policy Next Generation. Truman Security Fellow. I’d rather be on a boat
@mironovavera.bsky.social
Author of “From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists. Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups”(OUP). Affiliations @Harvard @MiddleEastInst and @ForeignPolicy.
@shandonhogan.bsky.social
PhD @crexuio.bsky.social researching violent extremism across Australia, New Zealand & Canada | Director @Radar Solutions | Adjunct Fellow @Victoria University
@malikacoexist.bsky.social
Researching online extremist communities (Islamic State, AQ, white supremacy) | @GNET_research contributor
@marybethaltier.bsky.social
New York University's Center for Global Affairs professor; researching & teaching transnational security, political violence, political behavior, nationalism, ethnic conflict, foreign policy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-beth-altier-5795459/
@vmkitchen.bsky.social
University of Waterloo prof. I study security. www.teamkitchenresearch.ca
@philofwrite.bsky.social
Researcher in conspiracy theories, religion, gender, extremism, end times, and hate. Lecturer at the University of Waterloo. Carmencelestini.com The Canadian Far Right and Conspiracy Theories available December 2024 https://shorturl.at/j9JtE
@alexmendela.bsky.social
Analyst at Alethea | Interested in Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, International Affairs |
@stewglobal.bsky.social
Investigative journalist at Global News. https://globalnews.ca/author/stewart-bell/
@drhahellyer.bsky.social
‣ Senior Associate Fellow - Geopolitics, Security @ Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) ‣ Fmr: Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment, Harvard Kennedy School ‣ Specialise in MENA ◘ Europe ◘ SE-Asia
@ctecmiis.bsky.social
Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Find us here: https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec
@leahwest-nsl.bsky.social
SJD. Associate Prof at Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Sr Fellow @CIGI. Ex Armoured Officer & DOJ Nat Sec lawyer. Write about the law of spies, robots and terrorism. Sanctioned by Russia.
@tonyyvce.bsky.social
@TonyYVCE on Twitter Anti-Fascist He/Him Patreon: patreon.com/tonyyvce
@mconroy.bsky.social
Research Fellow @dfrlab.bsky.social. Former J6 Committee Investigator. Really only interested in extremism, social media, Taylor Swift, Love Island, and the epic highs and lows of high school football.
@dancollen.bsky.social
He/him. Extremism researcher in Canada. Sometimes-journalist. Co-creator Hatepedia.ca. Affiliate cifrs.org. Words for gnet-research.org, antihate.ca, insightthreatintel.com, Vice.com, dancollen.medium.com, and elsewhere.
@hilarymatfess.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Korbel School of International Studies | studies gender and violence | into coffee, running, biking, and my dogs
@evianeleidig.com
Expert in reactionary politics, online harms & platform governance | The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization 📚 💻 evianeleidig.com
@rvawonk.bsky.social
Yep, it’s me! Mother, Wife, Asst. Research Scientist. Studying cyberpsychology, cognitive security, disinformation. “Epistemic Superpredator.” I write things here: https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com
@ashkenaz89.bsky.social
Dancer. Proud Boys Subject Matter Expert. 👩💼 Applying Research to the Culture War since 2017 #nafo #fella 🇺🇦💪 Website: Proudboyswhisperer.com All my links: https://linktr.ee/samanthaqkutner (DM for Signal)
@danigilbert.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science at Northwestern, studying hostage taking in international security. Director with Bridging the Gap, contributor to Good Authority. She/her. Hiking, biking, mostly plants 🌱 #COYS
@jjmacnab.bsky.social
Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism. UC Berkeley alumna. Cats are badass.
@drsarteschi.bsky.social
Full Professor of SW & Criminology | Extreme violence researcher. Books about #Sovereigncitizens | Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/drsarteschi | Opinions own & RPs not endorsements
@megansquire.bsky.social
Cyber threat intelligence, investigations. CompSci PhD. Former @elonuniversity @splcenter
@fmarone.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science UniVdA, Italy. Fellow / Associate ISPI, ICCT-The Hague, GWU–PoE. Research and analysis on International Politics, Security, Violent Extremism.
@michellelkahn.bsky.social
Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
@jeromed.bsky.social
Senior analyst on Jihad and Modern Conflict at International Crisis Group (ICG). Associate at Graduate Institute Geneva. Interested in armed groups. Books on Jihad in Egypt and Syria (openaccess). Forthcoming book on HTS
@davidwellsct.bsky.social
Global security consultant focused on terrorism, CT & technology: Former head of research & analysis at UN CTED: Ex UK/Aus intelligence
@schielonimus.bsky.social
💼PhD student at @uniessexgovt, #terrorism #networkanalysis #policing Associate Fellow at @foepsberlin 🗨Opinions are my own
@drjchernov.bsky.social
Professor. #PSC #IR. Author. Becoming Jihadis: Radicalization & Commitment in Southeast Asia @ oxfordacademic. Why Terrorists Quit @Cornellpress. Terrorist Behavior. CVE. How Terror Cells are Constructed. Repatriation. SE Asia. Equality for all.
@bjornih.bsky.social
Founder & CEO of Revontulet & The Khalifa Ihler Institute - preventing terrorism and keeping people safe by rendering extremists incapable of abusing tech to recruit, organize and coordinate attacks. Primarily operating in 🇬🇧🇳🇴🇸🇪
@munira.bsky.social
Founder and CEO of @chasseur.group. Fellow at Verve Research, Visiting Fellow at ICCT Hague 2023, former nonresident Fellow at New Lines Institute of Strategy & Policy in DC. Conflict, CT, and emerging security challenges in Southeast Asia and beyond.
@minter.bsky.social
Pittsburgh resident and enthusiast, PhD Candidate at Georgetown University studying the racist far right in elections and political violence. Also sports. Email me at sheaminter@proton.me
@arccollective.bsky.social
Founder of ARC. Board member @antihateca.bsky.social. Humanities teacher. Middle-aged weight lifter. Snarky, partisan, hack (but often charmingly so).
@brianjphillips.bsky.social
Terrorism, conflict, crime. @uniessexgovt. Via Ohio, Camp Lejeune, PGH, CDMX. Co-authored book: "Insurgent Terrorism." https://sites.google.com/site/brianjphillips/home
@kathleenbelew.bsky.social
Historian of the white power movement, gun violence, the apocalypse. Coloradan. kathleenbelew.com Book coming soon! Home, at the End of the World (Random House) Posts reflect my own views only.
@hegghammer.net
Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover
@yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social
Prof. Royal Military College of Canada Expert on tech, far-right extremism & terrorism tactics | Ph.D. in International Relations | Author of 'How Terror Evolves' and currently working on 'Uniformed Threats.' Views = Mine
@jacobware.bsky.social
Research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations studying terrorism and extremism. Opinions are my own and RT ≠ endorsement. https://www.amazon.com/God-Guns-Sedition-Far-Right-Terrorism/dp/0231
@draamattheis.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Manchester. Researching gender, racism, and digital cultures of far-right, white supremacists, and male supremacist extremism. Views my own.
@jaredlholt.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, US Hate & Extremism @ Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) • [Views expressed here are my own] 🎙️Find “Posting Through It” on your favorite podcast player and here: https://postthroughit.substack.com/
@lizziedearden.bsky.social
Contributing reporter to the New York Times in London, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed' Website: https://www.lizziedearden.com/
@jmberger.com
Scholar of extremism, dystopia (fictional and otherwise) ► EXTREMISM @mitpress http://amzn.to/2BKXLgU ► OPTIMAL: A dystopian novel http://amzn.to/3aKYZ99 ► https://www.jmberger.com/ Commission on AMZ links PhD @ Swansea University Law School
@lizzypearson.bsky.social
Programme lead MSc Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Studies Royal Holloway, UoL. Assoc Fellow ICCT, RUSI. Author: Extreme Britain https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/extreme-britain/
@mattlevitt.bsky.social
Director, Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism & Intelligence at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
@azelin.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” jihadology.net jihadologyplus.com
@seamushughes.bsky.social
I read a lot of court records because I like a good story. Won a Pulitzer that one time. “A well-known PACER watcher” - Justice Department
@reportbywilson.bsky.social
Journalist and Researcher | Reporting and Research on the U.S. Radical Right | Publisher of Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social | Subscribe: https://www.radicalreports.org | Support My Work: https://linktr.ee/reportbywilson
@hoffmanbruce.bsky.social
Proud 🇺🇸✡️ & Zionist who has been studying terrorism & insurgency for nearly 5 decades and is a senior fellow @CFR.org. My own opinions. Re-postings are not necessarily endorsements.
@antihate.ca
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) counters, monitors, and exposes far-right hate movements, groups, and figures. Fully independent. info@antihate.ca. www.antihate.ca | www.antihate.school
@petersmith.bsky.social
Freelance journalist & investigative reporter with antihate.ca | Words in Militant Wire, Lawfare, CTC Sentinel, EurasiaNet & more | Interested in conflict, technology and underground movements | Probably looks like that one guy you know.
@assafmoghadam.bsky.social
Prof, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University. Fellow @ CTC West Point, CNS Fordham Law School, ICT Reichman.
@stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
Former national security analyst, Associate Professor. Research on national and international security based in Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
@amaramarasingam.bsky.social
Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤
@maargentino.com
Counterterrorism | Esotericism | Conspiracy Theories | National Security | Child Safety | www.maargentino.com | 🇨🇦 Wehret den Anfängen A mix of a caffeinated conspiracy theorist and a wise owl, perched atop a mountain of esotericism.
@johnhorgan.bsky.social
Professor of psychology who studies terrorism, school safety, and a few other things📍Atlanta, GA. Personal account. All views my own. TERRORIST MINDS is now available https://cup.columbia.edu/book/terrorist-minds/9780231198394
@jessmarindavis.bsky.social
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.