ISSN 2334-3745 Volume XIII, Issue 2 April 2019 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 13, Issue 2 Table of Contents Welcome from the Editors..............................................................................................................................1 Articles A “Lunatic Fringe”? The Persistence of Right Wing Extremism in Australia...............................................2 by Kristy Campion Mapping Transnational Extremist Networks: An Exploratory Study of the Soldiers of Odin’s Facebook Network, Using Integrated Social Network Analysis....................................................................................21 by Yannick Veilleux-Lepage and Emil Archambault The Hand that Feeds the Salafist: an Exploration of the Financial Independence of 131 Dutch Jihadi Travellers.......................................................................................................................................................39 by Melvin Soudijn The Terrorism Recidivism Study (TRS): Examining Recidivism Rates for Post 9/11 Offenders.................54 by Omi Hodwitz Special Correspondence The mid-February 2019 Pulwama attack in Kashmir: an Indian Perspective..............................................65 by Abhinav Pandya The mid-February 2019 Pulwama attack in Kashmir: a Pakistani Perspective...........................................69 by Muhammad Feyyaz Seeing Political Violence through Different Lenses......................................................................................75 by Gregory D. Miller Resources Bibliography: Terrorism and the Media (including the Internet) (Part 4)..................................................79 Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes Counterterrorism Bookshelf: 40 Books on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism-Related Subjects..............142 Reviewed by Joshua Sinai Max Abrahms, Rules for Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant History. (Oxford University Press, 2018)...........................................................................................................................................................155 Reviewed by Alex P. Schmid Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Related Subject.............................................156 Compiled and selected by Berto Jongman ISSN 2334-3745 I April 2019 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 13, Issue 2 Announcements Conference Monitor/Calendar of Events (April – July 2019)......................................................................190 Compiled by Reinier Bergema About Perspectives on Terrorism..................................................................................................................197 ISSN 2334-3745 II April 2019 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 13, Issue 2 Welcome from the Editors Dear Reader, We are pleased to announce the release of Volume XIII, Issue 2 (April 2019) of Perspectives on Terrorism, available online now at: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/PoT. Our free and independent online journal is a publication of the Vienna-based Terrorism Research Initiative (TRI) and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) of Leiden University’s The Hague Campus. Now in its thirteenth year, Perspectives on Terrorism has more than 8,300 regular e-mail subscribers and many more occasional readers and website visitors worldwide. The Articles of its six annual issues are fully peer reviewed by external referees while its Research and Policy Notes, Special Correspondence, and other content are subject to internal editorial quality control. The first two articles of the current issue deal with right-wing extremism. The opening article by Kristy Campion looks at the historical background of Australian extremism that led to the attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2019. The second article, authored by Yannick Veilleux-Lepage and Emil Archambault, is a network analysis of the so-called Soldiers of Odin, a trans-Atlantic network of right- wing extremists. The third article, by Melvin Soudijn, looks at the financing of Dutch jihadi travellers/foreign fighters who went to Syria and Iraq, and arrives at unexpected findings based on unique primary sources. Finally, there is an article by Omi Hodwitz on recidivism among Americans convicted of terrorism, again resulting in new and unexpected findings. The Special Correspondence section offers the reader two perspectives on the Pulmawa attacks in Kashmir in mid-Februay 2019, one from the hand of Abhinav Pandya from India and the other from Muhammad Feyyaz from Pakistan. This is followed by a Postscript from Associate Editor Gregory D. Miller. The Resources section includes our regular contributions from Joshua Sinai (book reviews), Judith Tinnes (bibliography), Berto Jongman (web-based resources), and Reinier Bergema (conference calendar). In addition, there is a review by Alex Schmid of an important new study, Rules for Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant History (Oxford University Press, 2018), authored by Max Abrahms. The current issue was jointly prepared by Alex P. Schmid (Editor-in-Chief) and Gregory Miller (Associate Editor), with the assistance of James Forest (Co-Editor), Christine Boulema Robertus (Associate Editor for IT), and Jodi Moore (Editorial Assistant). ISSN 2334-3745 1 April 2019 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 13, Issue 2 A “Lunatic Fringe”? The Persistence of Right Wing Extremism in Australia by Kristy Campion Abstract Right Wing Extremism (RWE) in Australia is historically persistent and contemporarily well-established. The persistence is not simply the consequence of an Australian-centric white nationalism, but is the result of international and domestic exchanges. This article investigates the persistence and appeal of Australian RWE groups. The first movements emerged in the 1930s against Bolshevik Communism, and quickly established ties with fellow travellers elsewhere in the Western world. While their influence diminished, their sentiment persisted in subcultural networks which also demonstrated international ties. RWE resurged in the 1980s, seeking to stymie pluralism and immigration. Some extremists travelled overseas, and formed connections with international counterparts. Their activities were suppressed by law enforcement, but the sentiment continues to survive in subcultural networks. RWE resurfaced in the decade prior to the 2019 Christchurch attack, largely targeting ethnic Australians and members of the Muslim community. Currently, the RWE threat in Australia is inherently tied to extremist attitudes regarding jihadism, Muslims, and immigration. Keywords: Australia, right wing extremism, terrorism, fascism, nationalism, Christchurch Introduction Right Wing Extremism (RWE) in Australia has demonstrated persistence over the past ninety years, despite its relatively peripheral position on the greater political spectrum. The Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) once placed the extreme right on the “lunatic fringe,” which maintained its relevance by public and provocative acts.[1] Notwithstanding this conceptual positioning, the extreme right in Australia has also demonstrated an ability to engage in meaningful international exchange with counterparts elsewhere in the Western world. This exchange is evident from Australian contacts with international counterparts and networks, personal visits, and literature interchanges. The RWE threat in Australia, therefore, did not evolve in isolation from the global right wing community, but in interactions with it. While international studies on right-wing extremism have expanded exponentially in recent years, local studies into the Australian situation remain scarce.[2] In the wake of the Christchurch attack, the conversation on Australian RWE has been relatively limited by the studies and data available. This article aims to fill the lacuna in the literature by bridging the gap between Australian security studies and the history of Australia’s extreme right. The intent is to provide a descriptive background and context which can be exploited in further studies and analysis. The findings are twofold: that Australia experiment three periods of RWE activity prior to the Christchurch attack; and secondly, that between activity periods, RWE subsides into subcultural networks. Like international counterparts, Australian movements appear to catalyse in response to urgent threats to their constructed identity. Initially, groups like the New Guard, the Australia First Movement, and the Australian League of Rights were driven by anti-Semitic, anti-Communist agendas. In time, they subsided into subcultural networks or were relegated to the political fringe. Later, the National Action and the Australian Nationalist Movement drove another activity surge, arguing that the Australian identity was imperilled by Asian immigration. It subsided due to concentrated police action, although RWE again persisted in subcultural networks. Like elsewhere in the world, RWE in Australia also surged in the last decade, where numerous groups appeared, claiming to be threatened by Islam and Muslim immigration. The potential for violence was realised recently, with the Christchurch attacks in New Zealand, perpetrated by an Australian citizen. ISSN 2334-3745 2 April 2019 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 13, Issue 2 In order to establish this persistence, this research uses the historical method, based on with the investigation of archival documents, specialist literature as well as group manifestos. Because of the occasionally