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Linda Schlegel

Linda Schlegel is a PhD student at Goethe University Frankfurt and an Associate Fellow at both the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) and modus I Center for Applied Research on Deradicalization. Her research focuses on storytelling in P/CVE narrative campaigns, gaming and extremism, and digital radicalization processes.
Terrorism

Mind the Gap: What We Do and Don’t Know About Gaming and Radicalization

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Gaming and its potential (mis-)use by extremist actors is the new hot topic in radicalization and extremism studies. After the 2019 right-wing extremist attack...
Security

Who Doesn’t Like a Good Story? Why Narratives Are Essential in Counter-extremism Efforts

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“The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor. Everyone loves a good story; every culture bathes its children in stories.”, writes...
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Designing Jihad: How Ideological Concepts Influence the Strategy of Salafi-jihadist Groups

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Terrorism in its many shapes and forms is a strategy which has been employed by a variety of different groups throughout history. From the...
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Who, Why, What, When, Against Whom? The Problem With Researching the Effectiveness of Terrorism

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Recent years have seen an increase in academic and policy interests regarding how individuals and groups come to choose terrorism as a tactic. Many...
Politics

Cosmopolitan Jihadists and a Global Insurgency?

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In an interview with Frontline, David Petraeus, a retired US army general and former commander of ISAF in Afghanistan, claimed that “the word insurgency...
Politics

‘Lone Wolf’ or Part of a Pack? How Lonely and How Successful are Attacks by Lone Actor Terrorists?

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The list of so-called lone wolf terrorist attacks in both the West is long and has always been long. However, recent years have seen...

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Commentary

BRICS and De-Dollarization: Is the Global Financial Order Really Changing?

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BRICS may not end dollar dominance, but it is accelerating a shift toward a more multipolar financial order where currencies, influence, and economic power are becoming increasingly contested.
Geopolitics

Between Two Fronts: Why Japan-South Korea Security Cooperation Is No Longer Optional

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Japan and South Korea can no longer afford fragmented security policies. In a Taiwan-Korea dual contingency, coordination is no longer strategic preference, but the foundation of deterrence and regional stability.
Diplomacy

Islamabad as Intermediary: Pakistan’s Calculated Turn to Crisis Diplomacy

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As Gulf tensions rise, Pakistan has quietly become the channel neither Washington nor Tehran can afford to lose. Islamabad’s diplomacy is no longer reactive; it is positioning itself at the center of crisis management.
Americas

Epstein Case and the Crisis of Transparency in the West

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The Epstein case is no longer just about one predator. It’s about whether Western institutions can investigate power honestly — or whether wealth, influence, and secrecy will always outrun accountability.
Americas

The New Phase of U.S.-China Economic Competition

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The U.S.-China rivalry is no longer defined by tariffs alone. AI chips, export controls, rare earths, and strategic supply chains have become the real battlegrounds of global power in the emerging economic order.

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