Joana Cook
@joanacook.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Terrorism and Political Violence, ISGA, Leiden University l Adjunct at Johns Hopkins University. I research terrorism and counter-terrorism www.joanacook.com
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Joana Cook
@joanacook.bsky.social
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https://joanacook.com/
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You can find out more about my work, research, publications, projects, etc. on my website below. Thanks for coming by.
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Our open access book "Holding ISIL Accountable: Prosecuting Crimes in Iraq and Syria" with ICCT Press has been reviewed in the journal Middle East Policy. The reviewers note:
"Holding ISIL Accountable is an essential look at ISIL’s violations... /1
"Holding ISIL Accountable is an essential look at ISIL’s violations... /1
October 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Our open access book "Holding ISIL Accountable: Prosecuting Crimes in Iraq and Syria" with ICCT Press has been reviewed in the journal Middle East Policy. The reviewers note:
"Holding ISIL Accountable is an essential look at ISIL’s violations... /1
"Holding ISIL Accountable is an essential look at ISIL’s violations... /1
Over 40 French nationals linked to Islamic State sent from #Syria to #Iraq for trial #ISIS
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Over 40 French nationals linked to Islamic State sent from Syria to Iraq for trial
Iraqi officials said that 47 French citizens accused of having ties to the Islamic State group will face terrorism charges.
www.lemonde.fr
September 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Over 40 French nationals linked to Islamic State sent from #Syria to #Iraq for trial #ISIS
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www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry's report shows #Israel has committed #genocide in #Gaza.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds
GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...
www.ohchr.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry's report shows #Israel has committed #genocide in #Gaza.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
A very compelling read about children taken by Assad’s regime, still waiting to be reunited with their families in #Syria
They Were Treated Like Orphans. But They Knew the Truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/m...
They Were Treated Like Orphans. But They Knew the Truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/m...
They Were Treated Like Orphans. But They Knew the Truth.
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A very compelling read about children taken by Assad’s regime, still waiting to be reunited with their families in #Syria
They Were Treated Like Orphans. But They Knew the Truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/m...
They Were Treated Like Orphans. But They Knew the Truth. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/m...
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I'm pleased to share a forthcoming chapter: "Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Public Interest," based on a keynote speech at @tmcasser.bsky.social. Many of the themes discussed are as timely today as they were then. You can access the pre-print below
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August 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm pleased to share a forthcoming chapter: "Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Public Interest," based on a keynote speech at @tmcasser.bsky.social. Many of the themes discussed are as timely today as they were then. You can access the pre-print below
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
RCMP charge Montreal minor with terrorism offences involving Islamic State. 70% of those now referred for deradicalization are children, average age 13-14. Deeply concerning.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
RCMP charge Montreal minor with terrorism offences involving Islamic State
Mounties said that they arrested the boy without incident and the public was never in danger
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
RCMP charge Montreal minor with terrorism offences involving Islamic State. 70% of those now referred for deradicalization are children, average age 13-14. Deeply concerning.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Last month the RCMP charged four Quebec men, all with military ties, for allegedly planning an ideologically motivated violent plot "intending to forcibly take possession of land in the Quebec City area." One warned of another Waco.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Military member charged with terrorism warned of 'another Waco': court docs | CBC News
One of the heavily armed Canadian Armed Forces members now charged with terrorism allegedly spoke openly about his will to use violence against government authorities and warned about another Waco mas...
www.cbc.ca
August 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Last month the RCMP charged four Quebec men, all with military ties, for allegedly planning an ideologically motivated violent plot "intending to forcibly take possession of land in the Quebec City area." One warned of another Waco.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
A 24-year-old member of a nationalist right-wing student association has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in the Netherlands. The man possessed firearms and was willing to commit a terrorist act, the public prosecution service said.
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/far-...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/far-...
Far-right student, 24, arrested for plotting terrorist attack - DutchNews.nl
A 24-year-old member of a nationalist right-wing student association has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. The man was been arrested in Badhoeverdorp on Thursday after police ...
www.dutchnews.nl
August 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A 24-year-old member of a nationalist right-wing student association has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in the Netherlands. The man possessed firearms and was willing to commit a terrorist act, the public prosecution service said.
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/far-...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/far-...
I'm pleased to share a forthcoming chapter: "Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Public Interest," based on a keynote speech at @tmcasser.bsky.social. Many of the themes discussed are as timely today as they were then. You can access the pre-print below
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
August 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm pleased to share a forthcoming chapter: "Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Public Interest," based on a keynote speech at @tmcasser.bsky.social. Many of the themes discussed are as timely today as they were then. You can access the pre-print below
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A Montreal woman who joined #ISIS as a teen convicted of aiding a terrorist group. Oumaima Chouay is the first person in Canada convicted for providing family support to a terrorist entity as a spouse.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Montreal woman who joined ISIS as a teen convicted of aiding a terrorist group | CBC News
Oumaima Chouay, who fled her home in Montreal nearly a decade ago to join ISIS in Syria, is the first person in Canada convicted for providing family support to a terrorist entity as a spouse.
www.cbc.ca
July 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A Montreal woman who joined #ISIS as a teen convicted of aiding a terrorist group. Oumaima Chouay is the first person in Canada convicted for providing family support to a terrorist entity as a spouse.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Another success story of the innocent children of ISIS members being successfully returned home to join their family, and reintegrating into a normal life. Thousands more remain in northeast #Syria and their status remains urgent.
www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
Their son joined ISIS. Then they learned he had kids in a Syrian detention camp
Years after their son left the U.S. to join ISIS, a Minnesota couple learned they had two young grandsons trapped in a Syrian desert camp. Bringing them home was complicated — and took years.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Another success story of the innocent children of ISIS members being successfully returned home to join their family, and reintegrating into a normal life. Thousands more remain in northeast #Syria and their status remains urgent.
www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
Details emerge in Palm Springs bombing, including website. Alleged perpetrator references “abolitionist veganism,” “negative utilitarianism”, and “anti-mortality” then bombed an IVF clinic. A rather unique case with strong nihilistic tones @latimes.com
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-18/suicide-bomber-targeted-fertility-clinic
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May 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Details emerge in Palm Springs bombing, including website. Alleged perpetrator references “abolitionist veganism,” “negative utilitarianism”, and “anti-mortality” then bombed an IVF clinic. A rather unique case with strong nihilistic tones @latimes.com
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🚨NEW🚨
@surajlakhani.bsky.social and my new edited collection is out! Hard copy available in a few months. academic.oup.com/book/60071
@surajlakhani.bsky.social and my new edited collection is out! Hard copy available in a few months. academic.oup.com/book/60071
The Sociology of Violent Extremism: Theoretical and Sociological Approaches
This book is an essential collection addressing key challenges in studying violent extremism. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, terrorism
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May 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨NEW🚨
@surajlakhani.bsky.social and my new edited collection is out! Hard copy available in a few months. academic.oup.com/book/60071
@surajlakhani.bsky.social and my new edited collection is out! Hard copy available in a few months. academic.oup.com/book/60071
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AP: "Iraq says more than 19,000 prisoners have been released under a new amnesty law" apnews.com/article/iraq...
Iraq says more than 19,000 prisoners have been released under a new amnesty law
Judicial authorities in Iraq say that more than 19,000 prisoners have been released so far this year under a broad new amnesty law that eases prison crowding and frees some people convicted of terrori...
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May 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
AP: "Iraq says more than 19,000 prisoners have been released under a new amnesty law" apnews.com/article/iraq...
Incredible images coming out of Saudi Arabia today of #Trump and #alSharaa following the lifting of US sanctions on #Syria. This will make such a difference for Syria’s recovery. This will be a case study for a long time to come of terrorist transitions to governance.
Photo: @spagov
Photo: @spagov
May 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Several years ago I met @mark-carney.bsky.social in London when he was generously supporting Canadian scholars with the @CCSF67. A warm congrats to him on his electoral victory in #Canada - it’s a complicated time, but I believe he will be an strong, highly competent PM for all Canadians
April 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Several years ago I met @mark-carney.bsky.social in London when he was generously supporting Canadian scholars with the @CCSF67. A warm congrats to him on his electoral victory in #Canada - it’s a complicated time, but I believe he will be an strong, highly competent PM for all Canadians
Girl, 15, in court accused of six terrorism charges in Dundee. One charge alleges she belonged or professed to belong to a banned organisation, while another charge alleges she invited support for such an organisation. @BBCNews
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Girl, 15, in court accused of six terrorism charges in Dundee
One charge alleges the girl belonged or professed to belong to a banned organisation.
www.bbc.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Girl, 15, in court accused of six terrorism charges in Dundee. One charge alleges she belonged or professed to belong to a banned organisation, while another charge alleges she invited support for such an organisation. @BBCNews
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I am so pleased to announce that Dr. Lynn Schneider and I have signed a contract with @columbiaup.bsky.social for our book “Extreme Childhoods: Growing Up in Families Affiliated with Violent Extremism and Terrorism.” /1
April 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I am so pleased to announce that Dr. Lynn Schneider and I have signed a contract with @columbiaup.bsky.social for our book “Extreme Childhoods: Growing Up in Families Affiliated with Violent Extremism and Terrorism.” /1
Tune in to the Weekend program on BBC World Service this Saturday morning where I’m pleased to be back as a guest host alongside @alanposener.bsky.social. Lots to discuss in the world right now.
@icct.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
@icct.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Tune in to the Weekend program on BBC World Service this Saturday morning where I’m pleased to be back as a guest host alongside @alanposener.bsky.social. Lots to discuss in the world right now.
@icct.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
@icct.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social
I am so pleased to announce that Dr. Lynn Schneider and I have signed a contract with @columbiaup.bsky.social for our book “Extreme Childhoods: Growing Up in Families Affiliated with Violent Extremism and Terrorism.” /1
April 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I am so pleased to announce that Dr. Lynn Schneider and I have signed a contract with @columbiaup.bsky.social for our book “Extreme Childhoods: Growing Up in Families Affiliated with Violent Extremism and Terrorism.” /1
Almost 24 hours now, incredible
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Almost 24 hours now, incredible
Iraq repatriates over 180 families from Syria’s al-Hol camp. The transfer, which included 681 individuals, marked the seventh repatriation operation since the start of 2025 and the 24th overall. #Iraq #alHol #Syria
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Iraq repatriates over 180 families from Syria’s al-Hol camp - Shafaq News
Shafaq News/ Over 180 Iraqi families were repatriated from Syria’s
al-Hol camp to Iraq’s Nineveh province on Saturday, in the latest phase of
Baghdad’s ongoing return program.
The transfer, which inc
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March 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Iraq repatriates over 180 families from Syria’s al-Hol camp. The transfer, which included 681 individuals, marked the seventh repatriation operation since the start of 2025 and the 24th overall. #Iraq #alHol #Syria
shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Iraq...
shafaq.com/en/Iraq/Iraq...
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“A mack-truck-sized breach”: @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social discusses being accidentally added to a Trump administration group chat planning military strikes.
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
A Conversation With Jeffrey Goldberg About His Extraordinary Scoop
How The Atlantic’s editor in chief found himself in a group chat with Trump-administration officials who were planning an attack on Yemen
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March 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“A mack-truck-sized breach”: @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social discusses being accidentally added to a Trump administration group chat planning military strikes.
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
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The population of Al-Hol Camp is rapidly decreasing⬇️
At its peak in 2019, Al-Hol held more than 73,000 residents. Six years on, the population has now fallen by more than half, and international repatriation efforts are continuing to accelerate. #AJourneyHome #Syria #Iraq
At its peak in 2019, Al-Hol held more than 73,000 residents. Six years on, the population has now fallen by more than half, and international repatriation efforts are continuing to accelerate. #AJourneyHome #Syria #Iraq
March 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The population of Al-Hol Camp is rapidly decreasing⬇️
At its peak in 2019, Al-Hol held more than 73,000 residents. Six years on, the population has now fallen by more than half, and international repatriation efforts are continuing to accelerate. #AJourneyHome #Syria #Iraq
At its peak in 2019, Al-Hol held more than 73,000 residents. Six years on, the population has now fallen by more than half, and international repatriation efforts are continuing to accelerate. #AJourneyHome #Syria #Iraq
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NEW VIDEO: Hope for al Hol? The Syria Breakdown Ep. 6 - where I address what's next after the fall of the Assad regime including factors that could greatly decrease the population in Al-Hol, turning the former unsolvable problem into a more solvable one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bM6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bM6...
Hope for al Hol? The Syria Breakdown, Episode Six
YouTube video by WashingtonInstitute
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March 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW VIDEO: Hope for al Hol? The Syria Breakdown Ep. 6 - where I address what's next after the fall of the Assad regime including factors that could greatly decrease the population in Al-Hol, turning the former unsolvable problem into a more solvable one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bM6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bM6...