Mona Thakkar & Anne Speckhard Syria's North Eastern province of Al Hasakah where ten thousand alleged ISIS members have been imprisoned has witnessed disturbing developments in the past month. On Jan 20, around 100 ISIS members employing suicide vests and…
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19434472.2022.2029933 By Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg ABSTRACT This study explores the prevalence of self-reported formal diagnoses…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., Hawwa Abdul Raheem, Kate Strezishar, & Molly Ellenberg[1] Awareness of violent extremism and the process of radicalization has spread throughout the world in recent years, bringing to the table the importance of developing a methodology in order…
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, and TM Garret [When I was in the Army National Guard], there were people that knew [I was in the Aryan Nations]. I joined prior to 9/11, but after 9/11 they didn’t care […] I ended…
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08974454.2021.1962478 by Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg Abstract As issues of repatriations of ISIS members and their…
- includes an Original Dataset Amy Austin Holmes, Diween Hawezy & Brett Cohen In December 2018, the same year genocide survivor Nadia Murad won the Nobel Peace Prize, she met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu to discuss the Turkish…
Anne Speckhard & Molly Ellenberg This article is excerpted in Homeland Security Today. Introduction On May 11, 2021 Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas gave testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee pointing out that…
This is a pre-publication version of this manuscript. Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg Abstract In the midst of global health and economic crises, more immigration than ever before, and continually updating technology, it is critical that security professionals are prepared…
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, Jesse Morton, and Alexander Ash This manuscript has been published in the Journal of Strategic Security. Introduction In recent years, there has been growing concern about the potential threat of violence, including terrorism and mass murder,…
Gabriel Sjöblom-Fodor & Anne Speckhard Introduction During the rise and peak of ISIS, the Nordic countries of Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark, stood out as major suppliers of foreign terrorist fighters [FTFs] to ISIS; people who left their homes to…