Francesco Marone
Biographic Data
| ID | 954724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesco Marone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesco |
| FAMILY NAME | Marone |
| SIGNATURE | MARONE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Aosta Valley |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3824-1507 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The strategic adaptation of post-caliphate jihadist propaganda: An empirical study of the magazine Voice of Khurasan
The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has emerged as one of the Islamic State’s most prominent and operationally significant branches, combining a persistent regional insurgency with an increasingly transnational pattern of violence. This article presents a systematic article-level thematic analysis of Voice of Khurasan, the English-language online magazine associated with ISKP, encompassing all 357 articles across its 46 issues (totaling ov…
Virtual terror? A critical reappraisal of the internet’s direct role in jihadist violence
Spillover terrorism? Exploring the effects of the Israel-Hamas war on jihadist violence in Europe
I’m not a martyr, I’m a terrorist’: The Cospito affair and the rejection of martyrdom in insurrectionary anarchism
While self-sacrifice and martyrdom are considered an important component in several forms of violent extremism, including jihadism and even sectors of violent right-wing extremism, very few works have looked at the presence of these narratives and practices in today’s violent left-wing and anarchist extremism. This article aims to help fill this gap, paying attention to insurrectionary anarchism, an understudied violent extremist tendency within …
Notes from the Underground: Profiles and Mobilization Dynamics of Pro-Russia Western Fighters in the Donbas-Insights from Italy
The Ukrainian crisis has caused important repercussions at the international level, including the influx of thousands of voluntary fighters from abroad. According to recent estimates, from 2014 until the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, approximately 1,000 Westerners travelled to the disputed region of the Donbas (Eastern Ukraine), on both sides of the conflict (Ukrainian forces and Russia-supported “separatist” militias). This article intends t…
Right-wing extremism and lone-actor violence in Italy: The case of the 2018 Macerata shooting
On 3 February 2018, in the town of Macerata, an Italian citizen with far-right sympathies deliberately fired several shots from his car at nine African immigrants, injuring six. The article argues that this shooting can be considered an act of lone-actor terrorism, an anomaly in the Italian context. Based on the social science literature on this subject, the paper analyses the profile of the shooter and the dynamics of the attack. Moreover, adopt…
Between paradise and prison: External secrecy and visibility in terrorist organisations
The secret is essential for terrorists. Aware of their position of political and military inferiority towards their adversary, terrorists typically have no choice but to operate clandestinely, emerging from the shadows to carry out acts of violence in order to attract attention. However, the social organisation of the secret has not been the subject of a thorough reflection in the literature on political terrorism. Following Simmel's classic inve…
Dilemmas of the terrorist underworld: The management of internal secrecy in terrorist organisations
The secret and its social organisation are of course vital for terrorists. In particular, members of terrorist organisations usually have to deal with complex processes to conceal information from outside actors (external security) but also from other members (internal security). However, scholars have paid relatively little attention to this dark side from an analytical and theoretical standpoint. The practice of secrecy in terrorism deserves pa…
A Farewell to Firearms? The logic of weapon selection in terrorism: The case of jihadist attacks in Europe
In the vast literature on terrorism the choice of weapons has received relatively limited attention, despite the importance and visibility of this topic. Building on the literature on innovation in terrorism, the article first proposes a multi-level analytical framework that helps study terrorist weapon selection. It then investigates the use of weapons in jihadist attacks in Europe from 2014, with the rise of the so-called Islamic State, until 2…
We Will Conquer Your Rome”: Italy and the Vatican in the Islamic State’s Propaganda
Over the last few years, Italy has occupied a relatively marginal position with respect to the jihadist threat. Nonetheless, the propaganda of the Islamic State mentions Italy and the bordering Vatican with a seemingly disproportionate frequency. This article presents an in-depth analysis of all textual references in Dabiq and Rumiyah, the flagship magazines of this sophisticated jihadist organization. Overall, several mentions concern “Rome,” in…
The rise of insurrectionary anarchist terrorism in Italy
Since the mid-1980s, Italian insurrectionary anarchists have been responsible for dozens of attacks both within Italy and abroad. For more than a decade, the prevailing tactics were small-scale acts of vandalism, sabotage and arson. However, since the late 1990s, insurrectionary anarchist militants have increasingly used more dangerous methods such as bombings and assaults. Today, insurrectionary anarchist violence is generally regarded as the mo…
Between paradise and prison: External secrecy and visibility in terrorist organisations
The secret is essential for terrorists. Aware of their position of political and military inferiority towards their adversary, terrorists typically have no choice but to operate clandestinely, emerging from the shadows to carry out acts of violence in order to attract attention. However, the social organisation of the secret has not been the subject of a thorough reflection in the literature on political terrorism. Following Simmel's classic inve…
Dilemmas of the terrorist underworld: The management of internal secrecy in terrorist organisations
The secret and its social organisation are of course vital for terrorists. In particular, members of terrorist organisations usually have to deal with complex processes to conceal information from outside actors (external security) but also from other members (internal security). However, scholars have paid relatively little attention to this dark side from an analytical and theoretical standpoint. The practice of secrecy in terrorism deserves pa…
A Farewell to Firearms? The logic of weapon selection in terrorism: The case of jihadist attacks in Europe
In the vast literature on terrorism the choice of weapons has received relatively limited attention, despite the importance and visibility of this topic. Building on the literature on innovation in terrorism, the article first proposes a multi-level analytical framework that helps study terrorist weapon selection. It then investigates the use of weapons in jihadist attacks in Europe from 2014, with the rise of the so-called Islamic State, until 2…
We Will Conquer Your Rome”: Italy and the Vatican in the Islamic State’s Propaganda
Over the last few years, Italy has occupied a relatively marginal position with respect to the jihadist threat. Nonetheless, the propaganda of the Islamic State mentions Italy and the bordering Vatican with a seemingly disproportionate frequency. This article presents an in-depth analysis of all textual references in Dabiq and Rumiyah, the flagship magazines of this sophisticated jihadist organization. Overall, several mentions concern “Rome,” in…
The rise of insurrectionary anarchist terrorism in Italy
Since the mid-1980s, Italian insurrectionary anarchists have been responsible for dozens of attacks both within Italy and abroad. For more than a decade, the prevailing tactics were small-scale acts of vandalism, sabotage and arson. However, since the late 1990s, insurrectionary anarchist militants have increasingly used more dangerous methods such as bombings and assaults. Today, insurrectionary anarchist violence is generally regarded as the mo…
The rise of insurrectionary anarchist terrorism in Italy
Since the mid-1980s, Italian insurrectionary anarchists have been responsible for dozens of attacks both within Italy and abroad. For more than a decade, the prevailing tactics were small-scale acts of vandalism, sabotage and arson. However, since the late 1990s, insurrectionary anarchist militants have increasingly used more dangerous methods such as bombings and assaults. Today, insurrectionary anarchist violence is generally regarded as the mo…
We Will Conquer Your Rome”: Italy and the Vatican in the Islamic State’s Propaganda
Over the last few years, Italy has occupied a relatively marginal position with respect to the jihadist threat. Nonetheless, the propaganda of the Islamic State mentions Italy and the bordering Vatican with a seemingly disproportionate frequency. This article presents an in-depth analysis of all textual references in Dabiq and Rumiyah, the flagship magazines of this sophisticated jihadist organization. Overall, several mentions concern “Rome,” in…
Dilemmas of the terrorist underworld: The management of internal secrecy in terrorist organisations
The secret and its social organisation are of course vital for terrorists. In particular, members of terrorist organisations usually have to deal with complex processes to conceal information from outside actors (external security) but also from other members (internal security). However, scholars have paid relatively little attention to this dark side from an analytical and theoretical standpoint. The practice of secrecy in terrorism deserves pa…
A Farewell to Firearms? The logic of weapon selection in terrorism: The case of jihadist attacks in Europe
In the vast literature on terrorism the choice of weapons has received relatively limited attention, despite the importance and visibility of this topic. Building on the literature on innovation in terrorism, the article first proposes a multi-level analytical framework that helps study terrorist weapon selection. It then investigates the use of weapons in jihadist attacks in Europe from 2014, with the rise of the so-called Islamic State, until 2…
Right-wing extremism and lone-actor violence in Italy: The case of the 2018 Macerata shooting
On 3 February 2018, in the town of Macerata, an Italian citizen with far-right sympathies deliberately fired several shots from his car at nine African immigrants, injuring six. The article argues that this shooting can be considered an act of lone-actor terrorism, an anomaly in the Italian context. Based on the social science literature on this subject, the paper analyses the profile of the shooter and the dynamics of the attack. Moreover, adopt…
Between paradise and prison: External secrecy and visibility in terrorist organisations
The secret is essential for terrorists. Aware of their position of political and military inferiority towards their adversary, terrorists typically have no choice but to operate clandestinely, emerging from the shadows to carry out acts of violence in order to attract attention. However, the social organisation of the secret has not been the subject of a thorough reflection in the literature on political terrorism. Following Simmel's classic inve…
I’m not a martyr, I’m a terrorist’: The Cospito affair and the rejection of martyrdom in insurrectionary anarchism
While self-sacrifice and martyrdom are considered an important component in several forms of violent extremism, including jihadism and even sectors of violent right-wing extremism, very few works have looked at the presence of these narratives and practices in today’s violent left-wing and anarchist extremism. This article aims to help fill this gap, paying attention to insurrectionary anarchism, an understudied violent extremist tendency within …
Notes from the Underground: Profiles and Mobilization Dynamics of Pro-Russia Western Fighters in the Donbas-Insights from Italy
The Ukrainian crisis has caused important repercussions at the international level, including the influx of thousands of voluntary fighters from abroad. According to recent estimates, from 2014 until the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, approximately 1,000 Westerners travelled to the disputed region of the Donbas (Eastern Ukraine), on both sides of the conflict (Ukrainian forces and Russia-supported “separatist” militias). This article intends t…
Spillover terrorism? Exploring the effects of the Israel-Hamas war on jihadist violence in Europe
The strategic adaptation of post-caliphate jihadist propaganda: An empirical study of the magazine Voice of Khurasan
The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has emerged as one of the Islamic State’s most prominent and operationally significant branches, combining a persistent regional insurgency with an increasingly transnational pattern of violence. This article presents a systematic article-level thematic analysis of Voice of Khurasan, the English-language online magazine associated with ISKP, encompassing all 357 articles across its 46 issues (totaling ov…
Virtual terror? A critical reappraisal of the internet’s direct role in jihadist violence
Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Terrorism (8 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (5 works) · Politics (4 works)