About

Chamila Liyanage is a specialist in terrorism and political violence and a researcher who works on the nexus of transnational organised crime and authoritarianism. She is a research contributor to the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET), hosted by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at King’s College, London, member of the Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC) Network at the Royal United Services Institute in London, fellow of the Far Right Analysis Network (FRAN), and a public member of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Her current research focuses on understanding the contemporary evolution of transnational organised crime in the context of the global rise of authoritarianism. She has researched narco-terrorism, the use of the Internet and blockchain technologies by criminal syndicates, and the evolution of crime-terror convergence.

Research Interests

China, Conflict, Extremism, International Relations, Organised Crime, Political Violence, Terrorism, Cartel, Corruption

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Organised Crime