Whatever else it may have been, the early 21st century has proven to be a particularly creative laboratory for right-wing terrorism. Here violent experimentation has thrived against a general backdrop of populist outrage: and in the widening gyre of endless culture wars and social media storms. Above all, it is far-right actors who have pioneered the template of the lone killer as civilizational saviour; and the slaughter of the innocents as live-streamed performance spectacle.
CSTPV has long focused on the far-right. From the Centre’s founders, Paul Wilkinson and Bruce Hoffman, who were amongst the very first scholars to engage analytically with neo-fascist violence as early as the mid-1980s, right through to the present day manifestations of right-wing violence, our research has sought to illuminate what has been, and is likely to remain, a persistent feature of violent politics.
Academic Outputs
Videos
Terrorism: A Review of the Current Threat Landscape | Panel 4: Far-Right Extremism and Incels
Vigilantism against Migrants and Minorities – April 2019
Books and Chapters
Peter Lehr, Still Blind in the Right Eye? A Comparison of German Responses to Political Violence from the Extreme Left and the Extreme Right in M. Taylor, P. Currie & D. Holbrook, Extreme Right Wing Political Violence and Terrorism, Bloomsbury: 2013.
Articles
Tim Wilson, Rightist Violence: An Historical Perspective, ICCT Research Paper, April 2020
Bernhard Blumenau, Unholy Alliance: The Connection between the East German Stasi and the Right-Wing Terrorist Odfried Hepp, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 43(1), 2018: 47–68.
Benjamin Lee and Kim Knott, More Grist to the Mill? Reciprocal Radicalisation and Reactions to Terrorism in the Far-Right Digital Milieu, Perspectives on Terrorism, 14(3), 2020: 98-115.
Benjamin Lee, ‘It’s not paranoia when they are really out to get you’: the role of conspiracy theories in the context of heightened security, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 9(1), 2016: 4–20.
Benjamin Lee and Kim Knott, Fascist aspirants: Fascist Forge and ideological learning in the extreme-right online milieu, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 14(3), 2021: 216–240.
Frida Bergström, Democratic decay and the violent extreme right Hungary and Poland in comparative perspective CSTPV Short Paper Series, 2021.
Archie Philipps, From a handshake to a handgun: Religious Zionist Responses to the Olso Accords 1992 – 1995 CSTPV Short Paper Series, 2021.
Grace Vaule, Ideational Variation within the American White Nationalist Movement: A Framing Perspective CSTPV Occasional Paper Series, 2021.
Research Reports
Beatrice Williamson, Brenton Tarrant: the processes which brought him to engage in political violence, CSTPV Short Paper Series.
Bruce Hoffman, Right-Wing Terrorism in Germany, RAND Corporation.
Bruce Hoffman, Right-Wing Terrorism in Europe, RAND Corporation.
Benjamin Lee, Overview of the Far-right, Commission for Countering Extremism.
Simon Copeland and Sarah Marsden, Right-Wing Terrorism: Pathways And Protective Factors, CREST Research.
Sarah Marsden, Knowledge Management Across The Four Counter-Terrorism ‘Ps’, CREST Research.
Commentary
Tim Wilson, “Neo-Nazis in Scotland: Could the Banff Bomber be the Tip of the Iceberg?”, Press and Journal
Bruce Hoffman, “Right-Wing Extremists: A Looming Threat to the U.S. Election”, Council on Foreign Relations
Bruce Hoffman, “The Next American Terrorist,” Cipher Brief
Bruce Hoffman, “The Challenges of Effective Counterterrorism in the 2020s,” Lawfare Blog
Bruce Hoffman, “The Terrorist Threat in the United States—Visualizing 2020: Trends to Watch”, Council on Foreign Relations
Bruce Hoffman, “Are We Entering A New Era of Far-Right Terrorism?” War on the Rocks
Bruce Hoffman, “Is 3-D Printing the Future of Terrorism?” Wall Street Journal
Bruce Hoffman, “Halle Shooting: The New Terrorism Reality,” Council on Foreign Relations
Bruce Hoffman, “The Domestic U.S. Terror Threat: What to Know,” Council on Foreign Relations
Bruce Hoffman, “Back to the Future: The Return of Violent Far-Right in the Age of Lone Wolves,” War on the Rocks
Bruce Hoffman, “How Serious Is White Nationalist Terrorism,” Council on Foreign Relations
Bruce Hoffman, “Mail Bombs, Hate Crimes, and the Meaning of Terrorism,” Council on Foreign Relations
Benjamin Lee, “Blind Networks in the Extreme Right”, CREST Research
Benjamin Lee, “CREST Primer: The Counter Jihad Movement”, CREST Research
The Transnational Extreme-Right: Past, Present, and Future Podcast
Three podcasts exploring transnationalism and the extreme-right. Bringing together academics from across the globe, this series looks at how extreme-right groups and lone actors have developed connections with each other on ideological grounds.