Presenter: Assoc Prof Bernard Loo
Discussant: Assoc Prof Ahmed Hashim

Abstract: 

This project, looking at the multi-national nature of groups like the Taliban, al Qaeda and IS, examines how technologies in the IT and media realms (think Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc) is allowing for people around the world to “feel” connected to developments in otherwise unconnected parts of the world, to the point where these people decide they have to join in the fight, so to speak. The project then focuses on what this means for the characters of wars in the 21st century, whether or not this “strategic flash mob” phenomenon is here to stay, and if so, its implications for strategy, especially for state-baed actors involved in such wars.

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