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Why the “Terrorist Attack Cycle” keeps circulating and what it misses

Intelligence analysts seriously need to start looking at the ground
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What was lived always resist what is imagined
Zagreb 2025 or the cost of memory
 • Oriane Cohen
A simple spy field exercise anyone can do
To observation, intuition, and calibration, which is the core of HUMINT work.
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I found a drug dealer's journal
Fragments of a survivor's logic
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The failure of cultural intelligence in diplomatic circles
Recently, I was at a high-profile event on remembrance, held in a prestigious German institute.
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The fluidity of power (or how societal spheres interconnect)
a framework to understand power as a fluid
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Timing terror: a strategic modus operandi used by terrorist groups
how geopolitical momentum fuels attacks
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I hate airports (and you should too)
They are built to make you crack.
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Why boycotts are a bad idea (and this message is hypocritical)
They let people believe they’re making a difference when, in reality, they’re doing nothing of substance.
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Cumulating "frames of references"
or the ability to perceive reality from an infinite number of angles
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