A new piece for Jamestown analysing the recent video release in Chinese by the TIP. Not entirely sure what to make of this. It has since also been pointed out to me that it looks like the video was actually made back in April, which further raises questions about why it was released now. Any [...]
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Turkistan Islamic Party Video Attempts to Explain Uyghur Militancy to Chinese
Posted: June 24, 2011 in Terrorism MonitorTags: Afghanistan, China, East Turkestan, jihadi media, Pakistan, radicalization, terrorism, TIP, Uighur, xinjiang
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China and Europe: A Dual Track Strategic Partnership
Posted: June 22, 2011 in ISNTags: China, China and the world, China-EU relations, Chinese foreign policy, EU-China, Europe, european foreign policy
A short article for a new outlet, the International Relations and Security Network (ISN), a Swiss think tank that publishes a fascinating diversity of articles about key topics. Got a few more on this topic in the pipeline – much of which is the culmination of work I have been doing in China with EU [...]
Europol Identifies Security Threat to Europe from North Africa’s “Arab Spring”
Posted: May 13, 2011 in Terrorism MonitorTags: arab spring, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, France, immigration to Europe, Italy, Libya, north africa, terrorism
A new piece for Jamestown about the latest Europol annual terrorism report, focusing on the elements linked to North Africa and specifically Libya. There are a whole raft of issues in here that I really only touch on. The tensions this is causing within Schengen are fascinating to me. I wonder if retrospectively Libya is [...]
Picking Up Where the Red Army Faction Left Off: Tales from the German Jihad
Posted: April 8, 2011 in Terrorism MonitorTags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Anwar al awlaki, AQAP, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, Germany, lone wolves, Pakistan, radicalization, terrorism
A new post for Jamestown, this time looking at the German jihad again. The Arid Uka shooting at Frankfurt airport highlights the potential danger that exists out there. Thanks again to Guido for providing me with insights on this topic. Picking Up Where the Red Army Faction Left Off: Tales from the German jihad Publication: [...]
Al-Awlaki Recruits Bangladeshi Militants for Strike on the United States
Posted: February 18, 2011 in Terrorism MonitorTags: Anwar al awlaki, AQAP, Bangladesh, counter-terrorism, Jamaat ul Mujahedeen, legal, online extremism, UK, UK terrorism, US terrorism, Yemen
A new piece for Jamestown looking at a case currently ongoing in the UK against a Bangladeshi chap who may or may not have been in contact with Anwar al-Awlaki. An interesting case, and I have a feeling the fact he confessed to the JMB charges will probably play against him. Al-Awlaki Recruits Bangladeshi Militants [...]
Operation Neath: Is Somalia’s Al Shabaab active in Australia?
Posted: January 21, 2011 in Terrorism MonitorTags: australia, counter-terrorism, shabaab, shabab, Somalia, terrorism, terrorist networks
A new piece for Jamestown’s Terrorism Monitor, exploring once again the supposedly Shabaab linked plot in Australia. I might do more work on this plot as it seems like it could be an interesting case study. Should you note any new tips or stories emerge from it, please drop me a note. Operation Neath: Is [...]
Trial of Would-be Assassin Illustrates al-Awlaki’s Influence on the British Jihad
Posted: December 3, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: Anwar al awlaki, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, lone wolves, radicalization, terrorism, UK, war in iraq, Yemen
My latest for the Jamestown Foundation’s Global Terrorism Monitor, this time exploring the odd case of Roshonara Choudhry, which friends in the UK tell me is a really rather concerning sign about the levels of radicalization in the UK. It remains to be seen what actually ends up happening in the broader frame, but it [...]
Strange Case of Suspected Lithuanian Suicide Bomber Complicated by Alleged Role of Security Services
Posted: September 18, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: chechnya, lithuania, radicalisation, terrorism
More for the Jamestown Foundation’s Terrorism Monitor, this time exploring the odd case in Lithuania of Egle Kusiate, the alleged aspirant suicide bomber who wanted to go to Chechnya. This has received very little coverage outside the Baltics, and it is hard to know exactly what is going on. It will be interesting to see [...]
Manchester, New York and Oslo: Three Centrally Directed Al Qaeda plots
Posted: August 27, 2010 in CTC SentinelTags: al muhajiroun, Al Qaeda, counter-terrorism, Norway, Pakistan, radicalization, terrorism, TIP, UK, US
Back on the topic of terrorism in the West, my latest for the CTC Sentinel of West Point, exploring the network of plots from apparently send out by Al Qaeda in late 2008 – the Pathway group in Northern England from April 2009, the Najibullah Zazi cell in New York (who I have already covered [...]
Uyghurs Convicted in East Turkestan Islamic Movement Plot in Dubai
Posted: July 22, 2010 in Terrorism MonitorTags: Central Asia, China, Dubai, ETIM, radicalization, terrorism
A new piece for Jamestown looking at an odd plot in Dubai. One point which I should clarify is that ETIM, or Uighur extremists, have in the past also been linked to possible events in Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan – so in a way this is not the first time they may have attempted something outside [...]
