A new piece for Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel, looking at the phenomenon of converts going to fight jihad in AfPak. I have looked at this a couple of times before, and keep considering a longer piece on it but haven’t quite figured it out yet. I know others are also looking at this, and I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘australia’
The White Man’s Jihad
Posted: May 14, 2011 in Foreign PolicyTags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, australia, converts, Europe, France, Germany, lashkar e toiba, Pakistan, radicalization, terrorism, UK
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A Threat Coming to Your TV Screen
Posted: February 10, 2011 in Free Rad!calsTags: australia, denmark, foreign fighters, radicalization, shabaab, shabab, Somalia, terrorist networks, UK
A slightly longer post for Free Rad!cals looking at the Shabaab’s new television channel and trying to explore its gradual evolution towards international violence. I have a longer piece on the topic of Shabaab and foreign fighters coming up soon for Jane’s. A Threat Coming to Your TV Screen View more articles by Raff Pantucci [...]
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 [...]
Bringing Global Jihad to the Horn of Africa: al Shabaab, Western Fighters, and the Sacralization of the Somali Conflict
Posted: November 28, 2010 in African SecurityTags: australia, denmark, radicalization, sacralization, shabaab, shabab, Somalia, terrorism, UK, US
A new journal article lands at last in African Security, written in conjunction with Lorenzo and Evan, looking at al Shabaab and their internationalization. The article offers something of an overview of the phenomenon with particular focus on the various nations where fighters have come from in the West. This is a topic I have [...]
Around the Shanghai Expo: Australian Pavilion
Posted: August 4, 2010 in InterpreterTags: australia, China, International relations, shanghai expo
My latest in the series I have been doing for the Lowy Institute’s Interpreter blog, this time in their home Australian pavilion. At least another of these coming, and I remain open to commissions if anyone has a particular pavilion they would like to see more of. Use the contact page to get in touch. [...]
Understanding the al-Shabaab Networks
Posted: October 13, 2009 in Australian Strategic Policy InstituteTags: australia, radicalization, shabab, Somalia, terrorism
A short policy paper for an Australian think tank the Australian Strategic Policy Institute which explores the Western al-Shabaab networks – in other words tries to understand the actual meaning of all these increasing links people see between the Somali group and others abroad. My own sense is that the immediate external threat is unclear [...]
