Dr. Nicole Matejic

Core to Islamic extremists beliefs is that Allah approves of jihad; and should a warrior die as a result of his or her jihad – they become a martyr, immediately and automatically attaining the highest level of heavenly repose. All sins are absolved, all misdeeds forgotten. Immortal rewards vary from scores

During the Korean Summer of 2014, I boarded an early morning bus at Camp Kim USO in Yongsan, Seoul and headed for the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Visiting the DMZ was a top-10 travel bucket list goal. I’d long held a fascination with Korea and how it came to be

“That gun is loaded, but it’s not in my hand The fire burns, I’m not the one with the match – man That gun is loaded – but it’s not in my hand …” ~ Red Hands, from Canadian band ‘Walk Off the Earth.’ The blood is real – it’s been

Nicole writes on crisis communications and social media for the Firebrand Talent blog:  In what will almost certainly shock to your core — insert sarcasm here — your social networks have been cheating on you too. Those people on Instagram? Not born with it. Angles. Filters. Lighting. Experts on Twitter? Mostly self-appointed.

I was thrilled to be named as 1 of 10 best female business bloggers by ‘Self Thrive’ recently.

My latest article for Security Solutions Magazine explores the crime-terror terrain in Australia. Australian civil-military think tank Info Ops HQ recently published its inaugural report from its open-source investigation into Australian Foreign Fighters and Domestic Actors. What it found was local evidence supporting the global trend of criminal and antisocial