Research Reports

Following a Military Defeat of ISIS in Syria and Iraq: What Happens Next after the Military Victory and the Return of Foreign Fighters?

By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D., & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. Abstract In the struggle against ISIS...
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Seven Promises of ISIS to its Female Recruits

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The Roles of Women in Supporting, Joining, Intervening in and Preventing Violent Extremism in Sandjak

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Defeating ISIS on the Battle Ground as well as in the Online Battle Space: Considerations of the “New Normal” and Available Online Weapons in the Struggle Ahead

Journal of Strategic Security  Volume 9 Number 4 Volume 9, No. 4, Special Issue Winter Article 2...
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The ISIS Emni: The Inner Workings and Origins of ISIS’s Intelligence Apparatus

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Mubin Shaikh

Allahu Akbar!” [Allah is Greater!] Mubin Shaikh Called out after hearing that two planes had...
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EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS FROM RECENT DEFECTORS FROM ISLAMIC STATE: WHY THEY JOINED, WHAT THEY SAW, WHY THEY QUIT

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THE HYPNOTIC POWER OF ISIS IMAGERY IN RECRUITING WESTERN YOUTH

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