Peter SMith

Dec 4, 2024 | gnet-research.org | Peter SMith |Peter Smith |Sharon Adarlo

IntroductionAs heavy metal music begins to play on a video, a black and white face appears on the screen, eyes cold and staring into the viewer. Written across the person’s face in English are the words “Please stop me.” The still image quickly changes to a video of a man on the ground. Three unseen individuals, including the person holding the camera, beat and kick the man as the letters “M.K.Y.” are superimposed over the footage.

Aug 9, 2024 | gnet-research.org | Peter SMith |Peter Smith |Alec Bertina

IntroductionIn a Mariupol football field, a video cut with Russian-language punk rock shows a group of men chasing a ball across the pitch. Around them, the flags of CSKA Moscow—a professional football club—flap in the late-winter wind, still cold enough that the spectators and some players are wearing toques. One of the teams, dressed in black uniforms with white lettering, claims the small plastic trophy.

Jun 27, 2024 | gnet-research.org | Colin Clarke |Lucas Webber |Peter SMith |Peter Smith |External Operations

IntroductionThe Islamic State Khurasan Province’s (ISKP) capabilities and intent to carry out attacks outside of its nucleus in Pakistan and Afghanistan are increasing. After a recent flurry of activity, ISKP has conducted several successful operations, including a bombing in Iran that took the lives of nearly 100 people in early January and a sophisticated attack in Moscow that claimed the lives of 145 people while injuring another 551.