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May 20, 2020

IntelBrief: Examining Atomwaffen Division’s Transnational Linkages 

A screenshot from Atomwaffen’s first recruitment video (VICE).
  • Recent discussion about white supremacy extremist groups has focused on the Russian Imperial Movement, but the Atomwaffen Division (AWD) deserves closer scrutiny for its transnational linkages and global aspirations.
  • Atomwaffen members maintain links to Canada, Germany, Ukraine, Estonia, and elsewhere.
  • Atomwaffen has cultivated linkages to other white supremacy extremist groups abroad, including the Sonnenkrieg Division, the Feuerkrieg Division, a German chapter labeled AWD Deutschland, and the Antipodean Resistance based in Australia.
  • It is critical to counter the transnational growth of Atomwaffen before it is able to metastasize into a full-scale movement abroad, where it could draw upon an anonymous globalized network to organize and conduct terror attacks.
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