Editor’s Note This article examines how modern insurgent and extremist organisations are rapidly leveraging commercially available technologies to enhance recruitment, communication, logistics and operational effectiveness. As communication networks expand and social cohesion weakens across societies, these developments have direct implications for counter-insurgency strategies worldwide. The analysis highlights why governments and security planners must reassess information-

We are passing through a phase of the rapid transformation of global strategic architectures. Some of these are collaborative and are...