Lecture
Major Mike Shearer
Thursday 26.03.2026
Major Mike Shearer
The Islamist Call to Globalise the Intifada
Thursday 26.03.2026
How to watch
This lecture starts on 26 March at 7:00pm (UK).
Summary
Is the Islamist call to globalise the Intifada a challenge that the Judeo-Christian and secular world can win? Or is it a race to the bottom? In March 2026 the world feels smaller, yet more volatile than ever. We are currently witnessing an ideological phenomenon: the “Globalised Intifada.” Traditionally, we understood the Intifada as a localised Palestinian uprising. Today, it has been exported. It is a digital, physical, very nearly nuclear, and psychological movement that challenges the very foundations of the civilised world.
Major Mike Shearer
Mike Shearer is a former career cavalry soldier who saw service during the ‘Cold War’ in Germany and active service in the Gulf, Cyprus, Bosnia and Northern Ireland. In 2007, Mike was the Director of the Press Information Centre and later, Head of Strategic Influence and Communications for the British Military, working from the American Embassy in Baghdad. After leaving the Army, Mike worked in the Defence Directorate for Communications in the Ministry of Defence as the principal plans officer for Afghanistan and the ministry communications lead for the NATO Summit. In 2016, Mike returned to Iraq to join the battle against Islamic State, running influence operations out of Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan.