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Terroristic attacks
Executed incidents classified under the project’s operational terrorism rule.
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Welcome to the AIR Research Programme
Five Eyes research infrastructure for understanding modern violence in its digital and social context
AIR is a free, public research programme examining recorded terroristic attacks, thwarted terrorist plots and Coercive Ideological Violence Mobilisation across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
- Australia
- Canada
- New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- United States
Explore the DataChoose governed social-context variables and comparisons; case modes will open after publication approval.
See the Key AIR FindingsReview the current governed context insights, including what the data show and which comparisons the release permits.
Context is not causation. National social and technological indicators do not establish why an individual acted.
Research scope
One evidence base, multiple ways to explore
- Five Eyes countries
- 5
- Recorded period
- 2000–20262026 is partial
- Public case rows
- 346reviewed v4.2.3 release
- Public explorer indicators
- 76
- Public explorer observations
- 4,017
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Move from overview to evidence
Each workspace applies the definitions, missing-data rules and comparison restrictions attached to the current release.
AIR Research LaboratoryCompare governed context indicators with one another or with reviewed AIR case measures, and cross-tabulate approved case dimensions.
AIR Programme InsightsRead the current fixed context findings, their sources and limitations, and see which case-derived figures remain on hold.
AIR ExplorerSearch, filter, visualise and download the reviewed v4.2.3 Five Eyes case release.
Social Context ExplorerExamine documented technology, media, crime, health, migration, religion and trust indicators over time.
Your Digital UsePrivately calculate your own device and social-media time, with a cautious optional Five Eyes contextual reference and no personal risk score.
Five Eyes DashboardReview principal patterns and compare country trajectories only where the underlying measures permit it.
Border Security & Public SafetyExplore supported migration and public-safety context while keeping case evidence, border-system performance and policy claims analytically separate.
Research ProgrammeFollow the programme roadmap, publications, annual reports and quarterly AIR Updates.
Evidence literacy
Know what kind of statement you are reading
The same four classifications appear on curated AIR Programme Insights, making the boundary between description, analysis and interpretation visible.
- 01Observed finding
A descriptive finding directly supported by the released data and a stated denominator.
- 02Statistical association
A relationship supported by a disclosed statistical analysis, without implying causation.
- 03Informed hypothesis
A theoretically grounded AIR interpretation that has not been causally established.
- 04Methodological or contextual observation
A pattern that may reflect coverage, classification, reporting or data-generation effects.
Operational definitions
Three recorded incident categories
Categories describe the project’s inclusion and classification rules. They are not a severity ranking.
TP
Thwarted terrorist plots
Recorded preparatory or attempted conduct disrupted before the intended attack was completed.
Read the definitionCIVM
Coercive Ideological Violence Mobilisation
Coercive, rights-infringing or violent ideological mobilisation that does not meet the project’s terrorism threshold.
Read the definitionTrust and provenance
Public evidence, visible limitations
The project draws on government and court records, recognised statistical agencies, international organisations, peer-reviewed research and established news organisations. Case and context records retain source and evidence information.