The recent post on Is 4GW Dead? stirred a great deal of interest, so I would like to extend the discussion on a point that that is critical not only for those who have responsibility for conducting military campaigns, but for statecraft and policy as well. One of more important tenets of 4GW was [...] Read more »
Manhunt: Radicalization, & comprehending the full impact of dreams
[ by Charles Cameron -- how do you intercept messages that come via dreams? I'm thinking of al-Balawi ] . My little graphic (below) may be kidding — but what of reality? ** In the bin Laden documentary, Manhunt, which I mentioned before seeing it here, and discussed briefly here, another passage (at 1.22.31) that [...] Read more »
Viewpoints: How should radicalisation be tackled?
A very brief piece for the BBC as part of a group of pieces they commissioned about radicalisation and what to do about it in the wake of last week’s incident in Woolwich. It was longer, but got shrunk, and I owe colleagues at RUSI a debt for helping keep it focused. Viewpoints: How should […]
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The Woolwich Murder: Initial Assessments of Another Lone Actor Attack
And with this I have caught up on a few weeks posting. This one is of course as a result of the recent grim events in Woolwich for RUSI, I did quite a media push around them and I will in due course post links here. More undoubtedly on this as the week goes on. […]
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Xinjiang’s April 23 Clash the Worst in Province since July 2009
And more late posting, this time a piece I wrote for Jamestown’s China Brief looking at the recent grim events in Xinjiang. A topic that is only going to become more relevant as time goes on given the depth of tensions. Of course, this all also feeds into the larger project I am working on […]
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We Hate the EDL More Than We Love Life?
And another late post up to the site, also for RUSI, this time touching upon the disrupted plot to attack an English Defence League (EDL) march in Dewsbury. The cell was linked to the other Birmingham plot I mentioned in these two pieces. Looking back in light of recent events, it looks like some of […]
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Boston Marathon: ‘Keep Calm and Carry on Running’
A rather quick response piece to events in Boston with a colleague at RUSI in response to the inevitable surge in inquiries after the sad incident. Undoubtedly more about this as it emerges, though I am wary of ascribing responsibility at this point. My own sense is that it is likely a lone individual, something […]
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Amateur Fanatics
Finally posting my longer piece for Jane’s about the Birmingham plotters who were convicted last month. I have already done a piece for my new institutional home RUSI on this plot, and in the fullness of time will probably do more as it is a group with interesting links. Unrelated to this plot, but on […]
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The Birmingham Terrorist Plotters: Lessons for Counter-Terrorism Today
An analytical piece for my new think tank home RUSI about the large British terrorist case that has concluded this week. A longer piece about them coming soon for a magazine, with lots of interesting detail. The Birmingham Terrorist Plotters: Lessons for Counter-Terrorism Today RUSI Analysis, 22 Feb 2013By Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Research Fellow The convictions [...]
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The Meadow: Kashmir 1995 – Where the Terror Began
A new book review for Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel, looking at quite a fun book I read a little while ago about a piece of history with all links to today. Also quite timely given the recent troubles in Kashmir to highlight how long this problem has been hanging over things. In an interesting and [...]
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