Too dangerous to return? What we know of the ISIS brides Some call for the families to be rescued from the camps in Syria. Others, haunted by their own suffering at the hands of Islamic State, are afraid of their return.

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These are the 6 key questions the antisemitism royal commission needs to answer After weeks of mounting pressure, the government has called a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion. It must involve tackling uncomfortable issues.

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Militant masculinity, male grievance, and the politics of democratic decline This article introduces militant masculinity as a decentralized, affectively charged, and ideologically driven response to perceived male disempowerment. Unlike hegemonic, toxic, or protest masculi...

My new article in Gender Studies:

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From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train were not ‘sovereign citizens’, but they shared a deep hatred of police with the Porepunkah suspect Dezi Freeman * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast When the Queensland authorities wanted to understand the motivation of the Wieambilla killers, they turned to Josh Roose. The political sociologist and associate professor of politics at Deakin University was given access to the killers’ writings, to paint a picture of the process of radicalisation that led Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train to shoot three police officers and a neighbour in cold blood in a 2022 ambush at a remote property about 350km west of Brisbane. Continue reading...

From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat

On ABC News Breakfast this morning discussing the attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue, its designation as a likely terror attack, the Avalite antisemitism taskforce, political leadership and the need to rebuild dialogue.

Putin’s Mobilization of Masculinity in the Invasion of Ukraine—and the Role of Ukrainian Women in Stopping Him - Irregular Warfare Initiative Ukraine is showing the world how to mobilize women effectively.

FWIW, last year, @joshroose.bsky.social and I pointed to Ukraine as "[demonstrating] the importance of rejecting the hypermasculine chest-beating about the role of women in Western militaries that has become pervasive in some political quarters." irregularwarfare.org/articles/put...