Founder Stewart Rhodes says he will relaunch the group, serving as an important outlet for thousands of members who have felt lost since his imprisonment, a scholar writes.
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The organisation behind antisemitic arson attacks in Australia is now considered a terrorist group. Here’s how the enormously powerful group operates.
Some militia groups may see it as their duty to assist with immigration-control efforts. Some may even be deputized for this purpose by local law enforcement agencies.
Millions more are now at risk from the escalating violence in the east of the DRC.
Hezbollah’s evolving capabilities are taking Israel by surprise.
A scholar of militia activity observes extremists stepping back into the public sphere after a few years of being less visible.
Lebanon’s precarious sectarian balance is tipping as militias take hold again.
Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
The Shia militant groups operating in Iraq, Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East share political and ideological connections, yet they also have their own nationalist goals.
Three American troops were killed and dozens more injured in an attack on a base in Jordan. How the Biden administration responds could determine if conflict in the Middle East widens.
The Proud Boys are more of a loosely affiliated street gang than they are a unified right-wing militia, researchers say. But police ignore the threats from these groups, and their threats grow.
Civilian protection payment is not a sustainable self-protection strategy in north-west Nigeria.
The Banyamulenge have been viewed as strangers in their own country – the violence targeting them revolves around this misconception.
The historic conviction of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one other co-defendant for seditious conspiracy has implications for free speech and the future of the militia movement in the US.
What deep-dive polls reveal at the political landscape of America as the 2022 midterm election approaches.
Two men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 have been found guilty. Their backgrounds and the trial itself raise concerns about the role of extremism in America.
Distrust of government blended with strains of Christian fundamentalism can produce a violent form of Christian nationalism, a scholar explains.
Militias mete out violence far from the centres of power – but their dirty work is politically useful.
Nationalist militia groups like the Oath Keepers have changed over the last several years – especially since the Capitol attack – in a few important ways, generally becoming more extreme.
Uganda uses unpredictability to combine democratic institutions with authoritarian power.
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Director of Research, Academic Development and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
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Lecturer in Security Studies, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow in Social Psychology, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Baylor University
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Professor of History, University of New Hampshire
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director, Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Davis
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Postdoctoral associate in Classical and Civic Education, University of Florida
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Research Associate, SOAS, University of London
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Adjunct Professor, Buckingham Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, University of Buckingham
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Associate Professor of History, College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
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Professor Emeritus of Government, Wesleyan University
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PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Oslo
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Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and Associate Professor in Political Science, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas