Call for Papers: Histories of Terrorism Conference
๐University of St Andrews
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23 June 2026
๐ฉDeadline for abstracts: 31 March
๐ฉAbstracts to: terrorismhistoryconference@gmail.com
Institute member @sldelange.bsky.social, with @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social and @bartschuurman.bsky.social, argues in de Volkskrant that Europe is underestimating the two-front pressure on its liberal democracies โ from Moscow and Washington, backed by the far right in Europe.
Whereโs the Sabotage? Repression, Recruitment, and Tactical Evolution in the U.S. Radical Environmental Movement. Thomas Zeitzoff Why did the U.S. radical environmental movement shift away from tactics like arson and sabotage in the mid-2000s? And given the rising threat of climate change, why havenโt these more contentious tactics made a comeback? This puzzle is particularly significant to scholars of terrorism because radical environmental groups like the Earth Liberation Front appear in major terrorism databases, and faced heavy repression from the government, despite causing no fatalities. I argue that repression and recruitment networks play a central role in shaping tactical repertoires. To test this theory, I combine original data on eco direct actions (1995โ2022), surveys, and interviews of activist experts. I find that repression sharply reduced the pace of direct actionsโparticularly sabotage and arsonโand disrupted the punk and anarchist recruitment networks that had supported them. In their place, the climate justice movement emerged, favoring civil disobedience and mass protest over clandestine tactics. Repression thus altered the movement both directly (by targeting high-risk actors and their tactics) and indirectly (by reshaping recruitment pipelines). I conclude with a discussion of how climate politics, activist subcultures, repression, and the contested boundary of what constitutes terrorism may influence the future trajectory of radical environmentalism.
New in Terrorism & Political Violence: Why did radical environmental groups stop using arson & sabotage? And, given the threat from climate change why haven't those tactics returned?
My article "Where's the Sabotage" seeks to answer these questions.
Free link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QYFAW...
Belangrijk stuk vandaag in @volkskrant.nl van @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social , @sldelange.bsky.social en @bartschuurman.bsky.social ๐ค
En @groene.nl heeft een mooie reportage vandaag die de dreiging illustreert bsky.app/profile/groe...
Met @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social en @bartschuurman.bsky.social betoog ik in @volkskrant.nl dat de druk op de liberale democratieen in de EU, vanuit zowel het Kremlin als vanuit Washington, en met steun van uiterst rechts in Europa, systematisch wordt onderschat www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
โ๏ธโWe can also announce a ceasefire for the Russians if they hold elections in the Russian Federation,โ โ Zelenskyy.
CALL FOR CHAPTERS!
Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...
Hereโs a working link! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Er zijn nog wat plaatsen, morgen in Utrecht:
www.varnws.nl/stichtsevech...
The international order is under destruction. This is what the report of @munsecconf.bsky.social says. Meet me at #MSC2026 to discuss it. securityconference.org/en/publicati...
โI wondered if I would be a coward or notโ: five Ukrainian men on how war has changed them
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... #Ukraine #Putinswar #Russia
How Russian military intelligence is recruiting young people online to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across Europe. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Deskundigen, onder wie @bartschuurman.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) waarschuwen voor een groot veiligheidsrisico: "Dit zijn harde ISโers. Sommigen kunnen terugkeren en aanslagen steunenโ @rtl.nl
@fggaleiden.bsky.social
In Trouw analyse van bekende fenomeen โander gezicht, zelfde koersโ. Met comments van yours truly www.trouw.nl/politiek/met...
Really please to present my new article in Terrorism and Political Violence journal, offering a critique of Rik Peels' recent "Cognitive and Behavioral Radicalization."
*50 free copies available*
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3HNTB...
Beyond Excited to See This Review of My Book - The World White Web - Published in Terrorism and Political Violence
Written By The Legendary @willallchorn.bsky.social
Thank You So Much For Taking the Time to Write Such Kind Words โฅ๏ธโฅ๏ธ๐๐
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ze worden ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป genoemd: mensen, vaak mannen, die gelokt worden door de Russische geheime dienst, om stickers te plakken, molotovcocktails te gooien of sabotage te plegen.
@bartschuurman.bsky.social (@unileiden.bsky.social) vertelt @nrc.nl over zijn onderzoek en bevindingen. ๐ฝ
Nieuw: een Russische hackgroep is in 2024 in het besturingssysteem gekomen van een fontein in het centrum van een Nederlandse stad. Eenmaal binnen probeerden de hackers vergeefs met de waardes van het water te rommelen:
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/r...
Latest piece out in @theatlantic.com . Trump's "peace" plan for Ukraine, which he at this very moment trying to force on the country with threats and intimidation, is grotesque. The US president is admitting what too many refused to admit, he wants Putin to win. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russiaโs proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
Key graph. IMO the main story here is the dramatic decline in the incidence of far right terrorism in 2024-25, not the slight increase in far left attacks (from ~3 to ~7 a year)
Why engage in risky political violence when you've got a way to dismantle the system from within / implement your policies through control of government
Superb piece by @justinling.ca
Who Was Charlie Kirk, Anyway?
open.substack.com/pub/justinli...
The call for papers & breakout sessions at the 2026 Terrorism and Social Media (TASM) Conference is now open!
Join 250+ researchers, policymakers, practitioners and tech professionals discuss pressing challenges and opportunities on online terrorism and extremism. Visit www.tasmconf.com for details
Very-very final wake-up call for Europe.
Does #Trump want #Ukraine to surrender? @phillipspobrien.bsky.social weighs in. My ๐๏ธ#podcast, #TheGlobalAgora.
โถ๏ธ ko-fi.com/post/Podcast...
If you enjoy, what I do, please, buy me โ coffee. Thank you. #Russia #Putinswar
Wat een schaamteloze vertoning van Trump en zijn meelopers tijdens deze persconferentie.
