Executive Director @GIFCT_official. Many years on counterterrorism, UN & international peace / security. Cosmopolitan nomad. Posts personal, all caveats apply.
Mar 20, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Russian mercenaries fighting in Ukraine, including the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group, have been linked to far-right extremism including an organisation designated by the US as terrorist, analysis reveals. theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
This has been a concern from the get-go of this war: thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-202…
Mar 7, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The sizable outflow of foreign fighters and support to #Ukraine will attract many with humanitarian intentions, with & without military experience or IHL training. Most will be lawful but there could be risks of getting entangled with domestic counterterrorism laws and measures
UN Security Council resolutions 2178 and 2396 address states' obligations regarding foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs), though in relation to an internationally designated terrorist group (ISIS): unscr.com/en/resolutions… In some cases however domestic measures may apply to others.
Mar 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Who's "de-Nazifying" whom? Re-upping some good reflections on Russia's troubling role supporting neo-Nazis 🧵
