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Jun
08

PVE answers from the grave: what extremists hope to achieve in life, they fail through death

Core to Islamic extremists beliefs is that Allah approves of jihad; and should a warrior die as a result of
2 min read
Apr
18
4 minutes in North Korea

4 minutes in North Korea

During the Korean Summer of 2014, I boarded an early morning bus at Camp Kim USO in Yongsan, Seoul and
6 min read
Apr
09
Red Hands: Syria - the epitome of slacktivism

Red Hands: Syria - the epitome of slacktivism

“That gun is loaded, but it’s not in my hand The fire burns, I’m not the one with
3 min read
Mar
24
Faking it for the News

Faking it for the News

Nicole writes on crisis communications and social media for the Firebrand Talent blog:  In what will almost certainly shock to
4 min read
Jan
27
Named 1of 10 Best Female Business Bloggers!

Named 1of 10 Best Female Business Bloggers!

I was thrilled to be named as 1 of 10 best female business bloggers by ‘Self Thrive’ recently.
Jan
17
The Australian Crime Terror Nexus

The Australian Crime Terror Nexus

My latest article for Security Solutions Magazine explores the crime-terror terrain in Australia. Australian civil-military think tank Info Ops HQ
6 min read
Jan
10
The year we fell down the rabbit hole

The year we fell down the rabbit hole

“ The Rabbit took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on. Alice started to
3 min read
Dec
07
Communicate solutions instead of excuses during a crisis

Communicate solutions instead of excuses during a crisis

This article first appeared – with permission – on the Firebrand Talent blog. Communicating solutions is a well known, tried and tested
3 min read
Nov
30

Tracking Australian ISIS members on social media

I spoke with the Sydney Morning Herald about how Info Ops HQ's OSINT investigation found that Prakash was alive as early as July/August 2016- even after the US and Australian Governments declared him killed in an April airstrike.
Nov
18

The Content Wars: my article for 'NATO Review'

This open-source intelligence investigation found that so-called Islamic State run a sophisticated peer-to-peer network, which is worlds apart from the perception that ‘social media’ alone radicalises young men and women.
7 min read