Anne Speckhard & Molly Ellenberg On September 1st, 2022, Thomas Webster was sentenced to ten years in prison for his violent actions at the U.S. Capitol Hill insurrection on January 6th, 2021. Webster was convicted of a variety of felonies,…
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, & Sheikh Ali Executive Summary: This article explores prison-based radicalization to militant jihadism in the Maldives, based on in-depth psychological interviews with 20 current prisoners and one former prisoner of Maafushi Prison, and consultations with 22…
"Ransom for Freeing Captives": ISIS-Linked Transnational Networks Formalize their Priority of Freeing ISIS Loyalists from Syrian Prison Camps Mona Thakkar & Anne Speckhard Download PDF here While Western countries in particular still debate about the return of women and children…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today It is no secret that white supremacist groups are racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, and xenophobic. They are also violently homophobic and transphobic. Indeed, sexual orientation and gender identity is the…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg as published in Homeland Security Today Theoretical debates abound regarding the relative utility and practicality of deradicalization, which includes a cognitive and attitudinal shift away from extremist ideologies and violence, and disengagement, which includes physically…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today In the midst of the growing Black Lives Matter protests since 2020, the word “Antifa,” has increasingly appeared online and in the mainstream media. Antifa can refer to different…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg This article was published in Homeland Security Today The question of the rise of domestic extremism in the United States is one which is regularly commented upon by journalists, political pundits, and scholars of numerous…
Anne Speckhard & Molly Ellenberg This is a pre-publication manuscript of a chapter for Programs of Deradicalization and Rehabilitation of Convicted Terrorists, in collaboration with Al-Mesbar Center. According to the United Nations and scholarly sources, approximately 30,000 to 40,000 men…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today “The Oath Keepers were absolutely attempting a coup,” affirmed the group’s former national spokesperson (in his words: propagandist), Jason Van Tatenhove, at a virtual event held by the International…
How to Identify Extremism in Your Community Virtual Online Training Series for Police Leaders- - Understanding Domestic Extremist Beliefs and Interventions - featuring Anne Speckhard Ph.D. Molly Ellenberg TM Garret Lisa Broderick Commander Robert King (ret.) June 16, 2022 https://youtu.be/KkK45t1Ikyk…