{"id":58947,"date":"2018-04-18T14:22:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=58947"},"modified":"2018-04-18T14:25:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:25:40","slug":"jm-berger-extremism-you-have-been-alerted-informed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=58947","title":{"rendered":"JM Berger, Extremism &#8212; you have been alerted, informed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ posted for your considerable edification by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; tweet-stream by JM Berger ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>Friend <strong>JM Berger<\/strong>&#8216;s recent work sums to a book to be published in September. This tweet-stream brings you up to date on his process. <\/p>\n<p>You have been invited.<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My year-in-review thread: This year I&#39;ve been working a fairly unified theme, developing a framework for studying extremism and radicalization. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PuIk2rcXSC\">pic.twitter.com\/PuIk2rcXSC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944590982087143424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The most important piece of this was Extremist Construction of Identity, a paper published by the Counter Terrorism Strategic Communications program at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICCT_TheHague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ICCT_TheHague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HwOXkfAqkt\">https:\/\/t.co\/HwOXkfAqkt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Ou8izCqNZ\">pic.twitter.com\/9Ou8izCqNZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944591272941178880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The framework was derived from a detailed analysis of the ideology that spawned Christian Identity, a violent white nationalist belief system. In two follow-up papers, I applied the framework to the ideology of ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944591274975383552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The first, presented at Europol and published by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICCT_TheHague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ICCT_TheHague<\/a> looked at a historical piece of ISIS propaganda <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fbBYlhmekg\">https:\/\/t.co\/fbBYlhmekg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4rXmHgMyrx\">pic.twitter.com\/4rXmHgMyrx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944591440650358786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The second, published by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICCT_TheHague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ICCT_TheHague<\/a>, looked at a more recent piece of ISIS propaganda, suggesting messaging strategies in light of its disastrous loss of territory <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ksLNkEe5rI\">https:\/\/t.co\/ksLNkEe5rI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hyWG9bT8ys\">pic.twitter.com\/hyWG9bT8ys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944591561920339973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All of this raises the question of what policy makers mean when they say they&#39;re going to &quot;defeat the extremist ideology&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bt9Z6VX0u5\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bt9Z6VX0u5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944591672201170944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This research also helped inform a piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarOnTheRocks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WarOnTheRocks<\/a> about the alarming current U.S. political situation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oFKy5IzgQS\">https:\/\/t.co\/oFKy5IzgQS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944591860017848320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Relatedly, I  wrote about the Trump administration&#39;s malevolent dismantling and rebranding of CVE  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IXqiE04dEy\">https:\/\/t.co\/IXqiE04dEy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944591970512637953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Before I leave the topic of politics, I also teamed up with @selectedwidsom, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webradius?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@webradius<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathonmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonathonmorgan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecureDemocracy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecureDemocracy<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hamilton68?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hamilton68<\/a> dashboard tracking Russian influence operations <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xXPx6poBbm\">https:\/\/t.co\/xXPx6poBbm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LEkzNxfv3m\">https:\/\/t.co\/LEkzNxfv3m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944592070785814529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back to the extremist identity research, which also informed a piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAtlantic<\/a> about the cycle of radicalization between the far-right and jihadists <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f9skMxaPqm\">https:\/\/t.co\/f9skMxaPqm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944592151526207489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a talk at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEAdeParis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IEAdeParis<\/a> I discussed the link between extremist identity construction and uncertainty, to be further developed in my next book (fall 2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O40eyyP8Pe\">https:\/\/t.co\/O40eyyP8Pe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944592429587591168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmarAmarasingam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmarAmarasingam<\/a> and I talked about issues related to ISIS and uncertainty in a piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monkeycageblog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@monkeycageblog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9l708HuVhP\">https:\/\/t.co\/9l708HuVhP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944592509392576512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most of this work was pretty focused on a singular goal of developing and fleshing out an evidence-based framework for studying extremism across different ideologies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d0QM1cqKcr\">pic.twitter.com\/d0QM1cqKcr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944592842881667073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That research will be an even bigger focus in the year to come, including through the new book, another book in the works, some exciting projects in the alt-right space, and some major research projects  I hope to announce soon. Thanks for following, and stay tuned! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RfVeSXUyuP\">pic.twitter.com\/RfVeSXUyuP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/944594208152801280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kicking off 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qh60nIAvf8\">https:\/\/t.co\/qh60nIAvf8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/961282653050810368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pre-orders are now open for my next book, Extremism, out in September. I think it&#39;s going to spark some much-needed debate about what kind of people we call extremists and what kind we don&#39;t. Here&#39;s the opening paragraph&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OTciSQH99N\">https:\/\/t.co\/OTciSQH99N<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZyEUZPQRj5\">pic.twitter.com\/ZyEUZPQRj5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/981192349735948294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Extremism, my next book, comes out in September. I&#39;m looking to spark  some debate in national security circles about how we define it. More  details soon.  <\/p>\n<p>Paperback: 200 pages <br \/>Publisher: The MIT Press (September 7, 2018)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aT77UDktLT\">https:\/\/t.co\/aT77UDktLT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n9l83wkMHh\">pic.twitter.com\/n9l83wkMHh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ?.?. ?????? (@intelwire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelwire\/status\/985664477285765120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>_________________________<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ posted for your considerable edification by Charles Cameron &#8212; tweet-stream by JM Berger ] . Friend JM Berger&#8216;s recent work sums to a book to be published in September. This tweet-stream brings you up to date on his process. 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