Op Ed in The Daily Beast by Anne Speckhard Coleman endured rape, the murder of her first child, and a terrifying rescue. A psychologist who has talked to hundreds of hostages looks at the challenges ahead for her family. Caitlan…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. PDF here U.S. officials announced this week that American hostage, Caitlan Coleman of Pennsylvania, 31, her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, 34, and their three children had been released after being abducted five years ago by a Pakistani…
Online article on Vice, covering an HBO Documentary, “Cubs of the Caliphate.” Anne Speckhard quotedOnline article on Vice, covering an HBO Documentary, “Cubs of the Caliphate.” Anne Speckhard quoted By Isobel Yeung Oct 13, 2017 VICE’s “Cubs of the Caliphate” airs on…
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Joining Islamic State for the Sake of Martyrdom is the 15th video clip in ICSVE's Breaking the ISIS Brand--ISIS Cadres Counter-Narrative Project. Joining Islamic State for the Sake of Martyrdom is based on Anne Speckhard's June 2017 prison interview…
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. The International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) is an action-based non-profit research center that operates the Breaking the ISIS Brand—Counter-Narratives Project, which uses insider voices of ISIS defectors, returnees and prisoners, to denounce the group as well…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., and Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D. PDF here INTRODUCTION Even after decades of military efforts and loss of human lives on the part of western governments against terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, and most recently ISIS, these interventions have proven…
By Anne Speckhard Another video clip in the Breaking the ISIS Brand--ISIS Cadres Counter-Narrative Project, "You Blow Yourself Up" produced by ICSVE's Zack Baddorf is based on Anne Speckhard's and Ahmet S. Yayla's interview of Syrian ISIS defector, Abu Abdullah. In this video…
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. "My Brother, the Martyr for Islamic State" is ICSVE's newly released video in the Breaking the ISIS Brand--ISIS Cadres Counter-Narrative Project. "My Brother, the Martyr for the Islamic State" produced by ICSVE's Zack Baddorf is based on Anne Speckhard's…
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. "Muslins are Killing their Brothers in Islam" is ICSVE's newly released video clip in the Breaking the ISIS Brand--ISIS Cadres Counter-Narrative Project. Produced by ICSVE's Zack Baddorf, this video clip is based on Anne Speckhard's and Ahmet S. Yayla's…
Over the last two years the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) has interviewed 62 ISIS defectors, returnees and prisoners, most denouncing ISIS, in our Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter-Narrative Project. ICSVE has been capturing these interviews on video which…