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Our Database is an information hub on global political movements and insurgencies. Our writers are entirely neutral on all issues covered, and this archive does not in any way seek to condone violence or extremism. The journalistic objective of The Modern Insurgent is to create a purely informative database of scholarly articles and analyses of political movements.
Arakan Army
The Arakan Army (AA), also known as the Arakha Army, is an ethnic armed organization (EAO) based in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Patrick Pearson
7 days ago
29
Combat 18
Combat 18, abbreviated as C18, is an international neo-Nazi terror group founded in 1992 in England.
Patrick Pearson
Mar 14
202
Chin National Defense Force
The Chin National Defense Force (CNDF) is the armed wing of the Chin National Organization, a Chin ethnic armed organization in Myanmar.
Evan Berridge
Feb 19
138
Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)
Quwwāt al-Ḥashd ash-Shaʿbī (قوات الحشد الشعبي), also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), is a paramilitary umbrella organization
Giulio Rimondo
Feb 12
92
Russian Penal Battalions in the Russo-Ukrainian War
"Shtorm" penal units recruited from Russian prisons have bolstered the Russian war effort in Ukraine.
Orlando Miceli
Feb 6
111
United Wa State Army
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) is an ethnic armed organization in Myanmar and the military wing of the United Wa State Party (UWSP).
Patrick Pearson
Jan 17
159
Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West
Insurgency Overview PEGIDA, short for "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West," first emerged on October 20, 2014, in...
Alejandra Cabrera
Nov 28, 2024
168
The American Nazi Party
Insurgency Overview The American Nazi Party (ANP) was a neo-Nazi organization founded in 1959 by George Lincoln Rockwell, a veteran Naval...
Riles Kiley
Nov 18, 2024
407
4B Movement
The 4B movement is a primarily online feminist movement in South Korea which seeks to withhold sex, dating, marriage and childbearing from m
Jeff Hanrahan
Oct 28, 2024
355
Cossacks in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Cossacks have a centuries-long history in Ukraine and have fought countless wars in the region.
Orlando Miceli
Oct 24, 2024
334
Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies
Insurgency Overview The Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies, known simply as the G9, is an alliance of gangs known for its...
Patrick Pearson
Oct 4, 2024
683
Qanon
Introduction & Overview Qanon is a decentralized, often violent group collected around an ideology that centers on an unfounded...
Ellie Newis
Sep 27, 2024
586
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
The Popular Front for The Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is a self-proclaimed secular Palestinian Marxist-Lenninist and Socialist org.
Micah Hughey
Sep 18, 2024
267
Mullah Dadullah Front
The Mullah Dadullah Front was an extreme insurgent faction of the Taliban in Afghanistan, named after a notoriously violent Taliban command
Ellie Newis
Sep 3, 2024
115
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