Creating the National/Border Security Nexus: Counter-Terrorist Operations and Monitoring Middle Eastern and North African Visitors to the UK in the 1970s–1980s This article looks at an earlier episode in the history of the UK border security apparatus by examining how the immigration control system was used in the 1970s and 1980s to detect potential terro...

Academics, is there an article or paper that you've published that you feel has slipped under the radar?

Reply or quote this post with your overlooked piece!

Here's mine...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The Bondi Attack: The Islamic State’s Strategic Shifts and Jihadi Tactics in Australia - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Abstract: On December 14, 2025, two Islamic State supporters carried out the first mass casualty terrorist attack on Australian soil, targeting the Jewish community in the Sydney suburb of Bondi. This...

Many thanks to CTC Sentinel for publishing this article by Levi J. West and I on the Bondi massacre, placing the attack in the context of past Australian jihadist activity and shifts in Islamic State's approaches to transnational mobilisation: ctc.westpoint.edu/the-bondi-at...

The Bondi Attack: The Islamic State’s Strategic Shifts and Jihadi Tactics in Australia - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point Abstract: On December 14, 2025, two Islamic State supporters carried out the first mass casualty terrorist attack on Australian soil, targeting the Jewish community in the Sydney suburb of Bondi. This...

Many thanks to CTC Sentinel for publishing this article by Levi J. West and I on the Bondi massacre, placing the attack in the context of past Australian jihadist activity and shifts in Islamic State's approaches to transnational mobilisation: ctc.westpoint.edu/the-bondi-at...

📖 We were also very pleased to publish a double review by Valentin Stoain on the pressing issue of intelligence ethics. Follow the link below for a fascinating review of Jan Goldman's 'Ethical Espionage' and Cecile Fabre's 'Spying through a Glass Darkly' ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Justice required: Police shootings as legalized violence Published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2026)

🔊 📖 We've also published some brilliant new book reviews over the past few months! 📖 First we have Kyle Bester with a review of Durán and Loza's "Justice Required," 'a thorough and morally urgent analysis of police shootings'. Read the review here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-israeli-turkish-relations-at-the-end-of-the-cold-war.html

https://www.rienner.com/title/Treason_Terrorism_and_Betrayal_Why_Individuals_Cross_the_Line

https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691257600/man-up-pdf

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/isis-9780755659005/

We also have review copies of some excellent new terrorism/CVE titles available to share with interested reviewers. Just reach out to @melaniebrand.bsky.social or email melanie dot brand at mq dot edu dot au for more information.

the iran crackdown is so terrible to contemplate. they really did murder everyone

As warplanes flew, they dropped something many in Timor-Leste had never seen Survivors still have clear memories of the invasion by Indonesia, as Timor-Leste this week commemorates the beginning of a brutal 24-year occupation.

ABC - Timor-Leste remembers Indonesian invasion 50 years after military assault: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Australia is a liberal democracy and our most important ally’s new National Security Strategy declares liberalism as the enemy. Our national security commentators need to frankly address the challenges that America’s far-right turn poses for our security.

Extremely over-optimistic take. The NSS is unambiguous about prioritising a willingness to interfere in the domestic politics of US allies it accuses of “net zero” ideology, “mass migration” and “suffocating regulation” rather than defend those allies. The Europe-Pacific distinction won’t save us.

Thank you very much for responding to that article.

💡Moving on to some of our most popular intel articles, first up we have James Ramsey and Andrew Macpherson, who asked "Is the academy equipping tomorrow’s intelligence
professionals to analyze data-centric threats?" Read it here & in our upcoming 20th bday collection! 🎉 ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Next up in our most popular and noteworthy policing articles, we have Sophia Yakhlef with "Humour, trust and tacit knowledge of police and border officers in international police collaboration". This one is open access & free to read! ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

🎉As part of our 20th birthday celebrations, JPICT are publishing an edited volume of our most popular and noteworthy articles. We're going to give all our followers a sneak peak over the coming days of what's included 📖
First up we have Colin Atkinson with "Mind the Grass!" ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

Findings from the inquest into the Wieambilla murders: www.coronerscourt.qld.gov.au/__data/asset...

Thanks so much Melanie, I’m extremely excited to be presenting there with you.

Yes, that’s exactly the one. But it also turned out that there‘s an extremely famous photo of a (non-foreign) militiaman playing a piano during the Lebanese civil war, so I wonder if a few different stories were just conflated together.

I remember a similar story, about a French sniper tourist in the Lebanese civil war, but the source was Robert Young Pelton so I can‘t put much stock in it.

Public NIC statements on Australia’s threat environment Recently, three agency heads within Australia’s national intelligence community (NIC) had made public statements on Australia’s threat environment, all highlighting the interplay betwee…

New blog post - Public NIC statements on Australia’s threat environment: andrewzammit.org/2025/11/07/p...

Public NIC statements on Australia’s threat environment Recently, three agency heads within Australia’s national intelligence community (NIC) had made public statements on Australia’s threat environment, all highlighting the interplay betwee…

New blog post - Public NIC statements on Australia’s threat environment: andrewzammit.org/2025/11/07/p...

Advisory report on the Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community Bill 2025 Report

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has released its report on the Strengthening Oversight of the National Intelligence Community (SONIC) Bill 2025: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Advisory Report on the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025 Report

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has released its report on the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... This is the Bill that would allow Australia to ban Iran's IRGC as a terrorist organisation.

A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:

From the ASIO DG’s Lowy speech: www.lowyinstitute.org/2025-lowy-le...

This is the first time I know of ASIO publicly describing a specific incident as “anarchist and revolutionary extremism”:

Have you caught up with our recent 'Upheaval' series? Here's @andrewzammit.bsky.social on 'Countering violent extremism research and practice in a time of upheaval: the FBI’s Beyond Belief handbook.' It is open access & free to read here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1833...

incredible two paragraphs where he denies being a paid KGB informer, apart from taking all that money from the KGB.