As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci “We have thousands of ISIS fighters that we want Europe to take, and let’s see if they take them,” President Trump told reporters at the beginning of the…
As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci ICSVE were invited experts speaking at the “International Forum on ISIS: Dimensions, Challenges, and Strategies for Confrontation” in Rojava, Syria, and gave the following presentation about their recommended next steps…
As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci The problem of what to do with the captured ISIS foreign fighters, the women who married them, and their children continues to plague Western countries, as UN High…
As published in Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci Of all the love stories from inside the ISIS Caliphate that we have learned about firsthand in the course of interviewing 168 ISIS defectors, returnees and imprisoned ISIS cadres…
As published in Homeland Security Today By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci The vulnerability of the U.S. borders to possible exploitation by terrorists—particularly in light of the heavy migration flow towards our southern border in particular, through either those posing…
As published in The Daily Beast by Dr. Anne Speckhard and Dr. Ardian Shajkovci BAGHDAD—The sound of an explosion echoed through the Green Zone on Sunday night around 9:00 p.m., a reminder that this most secure part of the Iraqi capital…
As published in Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci “You hear rumors, like the leader [of ISIS] is in Turkey. What the heck? Why would he be in Turkey if he called everyone to the Islamic State,…
As published at Daily Beast. by Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci The Islamic State terror group has claimed involvement in the horrific Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 320 people at Catholic services and in luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. In…
The OSCE wide Counter Terrorism Conference - Taking Stock of Efforts to Prevent and Counter Terrorism as well as Violent Extremism and Radicalization that lead to Terrorism in the OSCE area is being held these last two days in Bratislava, Slovakia. ICSVE…
As published in Homeland Security Today: By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci BAGHDAD: In both Syria and Iraq ISIS cadres that have managed to escape have quietly melted into the landscape. Many have returned to their villages to live under…