Martin Gallagher 10/15/24 Martin Gallagher 10/15/24

Terror for Profit: A New Look at Terrorism

Terror for Profit: A New Paradigm for Understanding Terrorism and Organized Crime examines the difficulty in defining terrorism, a problem rooted in the lack of consensus over whether state actors can commit acts of terrorism

Martin Gallagher 9/10/24 Martin Gallagher 9/10/24

On the anniversary of 9/11, re-examining Terrorism for profit

A discussion of the ongoing threat of terrorism around the anniversary of 9/11, highlighting two recent failed attacks linked to Islamic State on different continents. Labeling such attackers as religious terrorists may be a mischaracterization, calling for a reassessment of the modern terrorist threat.

Martin Gallagher 8/27/24 Martin Gallagher 8/27/24

Lone Wolves on the Prowl

Many of you will have read of the lone wolf attacks this week by an apparent Turkish youth with neo-Nazi links, and of the pro Gaza stabbing in New York. Both fit completely within the trends I outline in the book, with the Turkish youth a mirror of Ali Sonboly and Mauricio Garcia...

Martin Gallagher 8/18/24 Martin Gallagher 8/18/24

Police Scotland veteran’s new book looks at ‘new wave’ of terrorism

Senior policing veteran, Martin Gallagher, warns Scotland cannot be 'complacent' in wake of unrest. Martin Gallagher, a former Police Scotland superintendent, warned that Scotland “should not be complacent” in the aftermath of the violent disorder witnessed across swaths of England and Northern Ireland this summer, and pointing to the danger of police being perceived in “divisive” terms.