Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Israel SitRep: March 5, 2025

Today’s Issue: | Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir Replaces Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi as IDF Chief of Staff | IAF Eliminates Hezbollah Radwan Force Naval Commander; Radwan Force Lost 31 Senior Commanders During War |...

The Digital Battlefield

How Terrorists Use the Internet and Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization

An Evolving Threat Landscape: Composite Violent Extremism and Prevention Efforts

Excerpt Introduction A year before William Atchison carried out the 2017 Aztec High School shooting in New Mexico, killing two people before taking his own life, the FBI had investigated him for...

The Order of Nine Angles

Its Worldview and Connection to Violent Extremism

Training and Testing Facility Violence Prevention Designs

After an attack, reopening is a crucial victory that signals resolve.

How Crisis Architecture can Complement Business Continuity Plans

Take these steps to help mitigate risk of facility violence.

Composite Violent Extremism: A Radicalization Pattern Reshaping Terrorism

The report explains composite violent extremism (CoVE) and introduces its four subtypes: ambiguous, mixed, fused, and convergent extremism.

Blind Sided

A Reconceptualization of the Role of Emerging Technologies in Shaping Information Operations in the Gray Zone

The Order of Nine Angles: Cosmology, Practice & Movement

Excerpt In June 2020, authorities arrested U.S. Army private Ethan Melzer for conspiring to orchestrate a terrorist attack against his own unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, when it deployed to Turkey to...

The Underside of the Coin: Illicit Finance Risks in Virtual Assets

Understanding the US Designation of the Wagner Group as a Transnational Criminal Organisation

Last week US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the Treasury Department will designate the private military company (PMC) Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organisation...

Washington must label Russian private army Wagner Group as the terrorist group it is

Recent media reports show that the Biden administration is considering designating the infamous Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, as a terrorist entity. While such a move may seem counterintuitive...

Composite Violent Extremism: A Radicalization Pattern Changing the Face of Terrorism

Before opening fire in a Bend, Oregon, grocery store in August 2022, Ethan Miller expressed his hatred toward “EVERYONE & EVERYTHING.” Bearing this out, his rambling online posts displayed racial...

4 Steps to Mitigate Active Shooter Threats

Strategies to lessen the threat in buildings posed by active shooters need not break the budget

Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency

Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.

Will ‘Salad Bar Extremism’ Replace ‘Old-School World’ Terrorism?

Will ‘Salad Bar Extremism’ Replace ‘Old-School World’ Terrorism?

Extremist Travel to Ukraine Is a Cause for Concern, Not Alarm

While some individuals with connections to violent extremism have indeed traveled to Ukraine, a mass influx of ideologically driven fighters has thus far not materialized.

White Supremacists Sacralize Mass Attackers to Encourage More Violence

Only through understanding and taking seriously the power of this online ecosystem to produce individuals like Payton Gendron can we begin to disrupt these repeating cycles of mass attack

Militia Violent Extremists in the United States: Understanding the Evolution of the Threat

Introduction In the United States, militia violent extremists (MVEs) embrace violence in service of antigovernment and anti-authority ideology. MVEs are just one part of the militia movement: movement adherents...

Cryptocurrency Is a Cash Cow for Far-Right Extremists

As the Freedom Convoy protests enter their fourth week, the Canadian government is targeting protestors’ ability to fundraise, including via cryptocurrency. It’s time for Washington to do the same for domestic extremists.