Developing and Testing Virtual Training for Police Prevention of Extremist Infiltration in Communities
Anne Speckhard & Sophia AbiNajm Download PDF Introduction Targeted violence and violent extremism are on…
Crowdfunding and Cryptocurrency: Renewed Efforts to Smuggle Foreign Islamic State (IS) Fighters and Their Families from North Syrian Detention Facilities, Furthering IS’s Militant Goals
Mona Thakkar & Anne Speckhard A significant escalation in Islamic State (IS) attacks in Syria…
Baqiya – We will Endure Forever! ISIS Women Shout as they Attack those who Denounce the Group
by Anne Speckhard “Baqiya!” is the battle cry of those who continue to believe in…
Facebook and Pro-ISIS Kurdish Content: Denying the Extremist Group a Key Platform
By Mohammed A. Salih* The dramatic rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria…
Caliphate AI-: IS/ISKP Supporters Harness Generative AI for Propaganda Dissemination
Mona Thakkar & Anne Speckhard Militant groups such as the Islamic State (IS) and its…
Islamic State’s global financial networks: Cryptocurrency and European bank transfers fund detained IS women and incarcerated IS fighters in Syria, furthering militant objectives
Mona Thakkar & Anne Speckhard Five years after the demise of IS’s territorial caliphate in…
Islamic State Khorasan within Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan Dynamics and Synergies with Allies and Enemies
Noellynn Slaughter Despite two decades of US led counterterrorism efforts since 9/11, terrorism has continued…
Future Fighters of the Islamic State are Adolescents Being Smuggled out of Al-Hol by their Mothers and ISIS Aligned Financial Networks
Mona Thakkar & Anne Speckhard Despite notable repatriation progress in early 2023, involving 14 countries…
ISIS-Affiliated Financial Networks Double Down on Efforts to Exfiltrate Loyalists, Particularly Young Boys, from Camp Al-Hol
Mona Thakkar and Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today The February 2023 UN…
ISIS Women Using 13-Year-Old Boys as Sex Slaves To Breed New Fighters
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. While some in camps for foreign ISIS-affiliated women want no more to…
ISIS Women Accused of Turning Teen Boys Into Human Stud Farm in Syria
Anne Speckhard As published in The Daily Beast Two boys have come forward to claim…
Ethical Arguments for the Separation of ISIS Affiliated Male Youth from their Mothers into Rehabilitation Programs
Anne Speckhard & Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today The welfare…
An Analysis of Active-Duty and Veteran Military Members involved in White Supremacist and Violent Anti-Government Militias and Groups: 2017-2022
Anne Speckhard & Molly Ellenberg[1] Executive Summary Seventy-two cases of active-duty and veteran military members…
Police and Violent Extremism
Anne Speckhard & Molly Ellenberg On September 1st, 2022, Thomas Webster was sentenced to ten…
Prison-Based Radicalization to Militant Jihadism in the Maldives
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, & Sheikh Ali Executive Summary: This article explores prison-based radicalization to…
“Ransom for Freeing Captives”: ISIS-Linked Transnational Networks Formalize their Priority of Freeing ISIS Loyalists from Syrian Prison Camps
"Ransom for Freeing Captives": ISIS-Linked Transnational Networks Formalize their Priority of Freeing ISIS Loyalists from…
Projected Hate: Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and White Supremacism
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today It is no secret…
The Disengagement and Deradicalization Debate: Both Are Needed for True Rehabilitation
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg as published in Homeland Security Today Theoretical debates abound regarding…
Are Antifa Activists Achieving Their Goals?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today In the midst of…
The Three Ps of Amplifying and Accelerating Domestic Extremism in the United States
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg This article was published in Homeland Security Today The question…
Talking Back to ISIS: Understanding, Preventing, and Remediating Militant Jihadist Propaganda and Recruitment
Anne Speckhard & Molly Ellenberg This is a pre-publication manuscript of a chapter for Programs…
The Oath Keepers Wanted a Coup
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today “The Oath Keepers were…
Identifying The Threat Within – Session 2
How to Identify Extremism in Your Community Virtual Online Training Series for Police Leaders- -…
Identifying The Threat Within – Session 1
How to Identify Extremism in Your Community Virtual Online Training Series for Police Leaders -…
White Supremacists Speak: Recruitment, Radicalization & Experiences of Engaging and Disengaging from Hate Groups
Download this report here. Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, and TM Garret Executive Summary The following…
The Law Doesn’t Apply to Me
The Spread of the Sovereign Citizen Movement Around The World ICSVE Guest Research Report Dr. Christine…
INCEL TERROR THREAT
Mar 16, 2022, GBN News "There is a lot of evidence of systemic radicalization to…
A Summer Inside QAnon and White Supremacist Forums
Anne Speckhard, Wilson W. Warren, Kate Strezishar, & Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security…
Directed Hate: The Three Stages in Adopting White Supremacist Ideologies
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, and TM Garret As published in Homeland Security Today White supremacist…
Islamic Arguments Against Militant Jihadist Terrorism
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Usama Hasan, Senior Analyst, Extremism Policy UnitTony Blair Institute for Global…
Breaking the Walls: The Threat of ISIS Resurgence and the Repercussions on Social Media & in the Syrian ISIS Women’s Camps of the Recent ISIS Attack on al Sina Prison
Mona Thakkar & Anne Speckhard Syria's North Eastern province of Al Hasakah where ten thousand…
Boko Haram Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Nigeria
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Maji Peterx Major General (Retired) Bamidele Mattew Shafa Dr. Anne Speckhard,…
Self-reported psychiatric disorder and perceived psychological symptom rates among involuntary celibates (incels) and their perceptions of mental health treatment
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behavioral…
Influence, Authoritarianism, and Cults
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Dr. Steven Hassan, Cult Expert Dr. Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE February…
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Sweden
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Ragnus Ranstorp, Research Director, Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies Swedish National…
Women’s Involvement in Countering Violent Extremism and Recruitment to Terrorism in the Maldives
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., Hawwa Abdul Raheem, Kate Strezishar, & Molly Ellenberg[1] Awareness of violent extremism…
The English Voice of ISIS Speaks Out Against the Group
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today Mohammed Khalifa, also known…
How Can We Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism in the Military?
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Todd Helmus, RAND Corporation TM Garret, ICSVE Molly Ellenberg, ICSVE Anne…
Is It Possible To Deradicalise Extremists?
Nov 12, 2021 GBN News 'Nobody joins a terrorist group unless they're getting something out…
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
Nov 12, 2021 Fighting ISIS & The Taliban Shereen Siewert welcomes Wausau native Anne Speckhard,…
STRAIGHT TALK AFRICA
Fighting Terrorism in Africa On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams discusses…
The Challenge of Extremism in the Military Is Not Going Away Without a New Perspective
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, and TM Garret As published in Military Times This piece is…
The Challenge of Extremism in the Military Is Not Going Away Without a New Perspective
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, and TM Garret [When I was in the Army National Guard],…
How the FBI Nabbed a German ISIS Woman Over 5-Year-Old Girl’s Vile Murder
Anne Speckhard As published in The Daily Beast “You will be caught and prosecuted if…
Who is Accused ISIS Propagandist Mohammed Khalifa?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today Mohammed Khalifa, otherwise known…
Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Project Europe 2021
A Training Manual Authors: Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.Molly Ellenberg, M.A.Sheik Ali This manual contains the video…
Women in Preventing And Countering Violent Extremism
A Training Manual Author: Anne Speckhard In recent years, violent extremist activities have escalated dramatically.…
ICSVE’s TM Garret in the Jerusalem Post
Former Neo-Nazi and KKK member turned extremism researcher – a ‘convert’ in every sense of…
Repatriating the ISIS Children with Ambassador Galbraith
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Retired Ambassador Peter Galbraith Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE September 14, 2021 …
ISIS Repatriations in North Macedonia
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Marija Mihajloska Jankulovska, Executive Secretary of the Inter-Agency Working Group on…
ISIS and the Allure of Traditional Gender Roles
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behavioral…
Rescued American Girl, 8, Says She Was Beaten and Abused in ISIS Camp
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in The Daily Beast The Tennessee-born child has…
Five Years of Airstrikes: Turkish Aggression and International Silence in Sinjar, 2017-2021
- includes an Original Dataset Amy Austin Holmes, Diween Hawezy & Brett Cohen In December…
New National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism Is a Big Step in the Right Direction
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today “I just needed some…
White Supremacists Speak: ICSVE’s Latest Research Report
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Jeff Schoep, Beyond Barriers TM Garret, CHANGE Molly Ellenberg, Research Fellow…
White Supremacists Speak: Recruitment, Radicalization & Experiences of Engaging and Disengaging from Hate Groups
Anne Speckhard & Molly Ellenberg This article is excerpted in Homeland Security Today. Introduction On…
Interventions for White Supremacists
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Jeff Schoep, Beyond Barriers TM Garret, CHANGE Daryl Davis, Author of…
Childhood Abuse, Military Service, and White Supremacism
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Sean Gillespie, Former National Guardsman, Former Member of the Aryan Nations…
Which Lessons Learned from the War on Terror Can Help Us Confront Domestic Terrorism?
Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today “I was happy and just felt accepted.…
Effective Deterrence for Terrorism in Canada in a New Decade
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today What is the Violent…
How Do Those Vulnerable to Terror Recruitment Respond to YouTube Counter-Narrative Videos?
Anne Speckhard, Maha Ghazi and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today YouTube, first…
Professor Arie Kruglanski and the Three Pillars of Radicalization
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Dr. Arie Kruglanski, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland Anne Speckhard,…
Incels, Autism, Violent Extremism and the Case of Alek Minassian
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today “The incel rebellion has…
Deterrence for Online Radicalization & Recruitment in the 21st Century
This is a pre-publication version of this manuscript. Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg Abstract In…
Gone with the “Flow.” An analysis of the psychological drivers of Western women’s radicalisation
Anna Zizola From the book “Women on the Verge of Jihad. The Hidden Pathways towards…
A Glimpse Inside Incel Ideology
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg and Alexander Ash As published in Homeland Security Today: In recent…
Understanding Q-Anon
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Steve Hassan, Expert on Cults Michael Barkun, Expert on Conspiracy Theories…
Involuntary Celibates’ Experiences of and Grievance over Sexual Exclusion and the Potential Threat of Violence Among Those Active in an Online Incel Forum
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, Jesse Morton, and Alexander Ash This manuscript has been published in…
A Proud Boy Capitol Rioter’s Story
Anne Speckhard The claims made by the subject of this article have been disputed by…
Exceptionalism at the extremes: A Brief Historical overview of Sweden’s ISIS Foreign Terrorist Fighter Problem
Gabriel Sjöblom-Fodor & Anne Speckhard Introduction During the rise and peak of ISIS, the Nordic…
What Incels Can Tell Us About Isolation, Resentment, and Terror Designations
Anne Speckhard, Jesse Morton, Molly Ellenberg, Naama Kates, Alexander Ash and Ken Reidy As published…
Asking Incels: An Insiders Account of the Involuntary Celibate Community
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Naama Kates, Producer of Incel Podcast Alexander Ash, Administrator of Incels.co…
Asking Incels (Part 1): Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19 Quarantine and Coverage of the Canadian Terrorism Designation on Incel Isolation and Resentment
Jesse Morton; Alexander Ash; Ken Reidy; Naama Kates; Molly Ellenberg and Anne Speckhard ABSTRACT: Research…
Trump vs Biden: Policies countering terrorism and violent extremism
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in TRENDS Research: As Joe Biden prepares to take…
The Journey Back – Turning Away from Extremism and the Road to Hope and Healing
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Jeff Schoep, Former Leader National Socialist Movement Daryl Davis, Counter-radicalization and…
ICSVE and Parallel Networks Team Up to Fight Violent Extremism
ICSVE and Parallel Networks Merger Launch Event Note: The merger between ICSVE and Parallel Networks…
Rescue Me: A Conversation with the Yamout Sisters re Prison Rehabilitation
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Maya Yamout, Rescue Me Nancy Yamout, Rescue Me Anne Speckhard, Director…
Can the Case of Samantha Elhassani Be a Positive Example for Repatriation of Other ISIS Wives?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: Samantha Elhassani, an American woman…
European Attacks and the Uproar Over Hate Speech as ISIS Virtual Caliphate Continues to Reign
Anne Speckhard, Mona Thakkar and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: A gruesome beheading…
Qatar Takes a Major Step Toward a Freer Society
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: On November 3, as the…
Are We Losing a Valuable Feminist Project in the Middle East?
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Ambassador Peter Galbraith Sinam Mohamad, Syrian Democratic Council Representative to the…
Will Upcoming Trials of ISIS Women in Northeast Syria Speed Up Repatriations of Some?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: The head of the Autonomous…
The Effects of Assad’s Atrocities and the Call to Foreign Fighters to Come to Syria on the Rise and Fall of the ISIS Caliphate
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behavioral…
Community-Focused Interventions Against Terrorism
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring: Abdul Haqq, Director STREET UK Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE The event…
ISIS-Linked Digital Activism and Sympathy-Raising on Behalf of ISIS Women Held in SDF Camps
Anne Speckhard and Mona Thakker As published in Homeland Security Today: As the ISIS foreign women…
Terrorism Prevention, Intervention, and Rehabilitation with Juveniles
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Peta Lowe, Phronesis Consulting and Training Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE This event…
ICSVE participated September 14-15th in the 2020 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference
ICSVE participated September 14-15th in the 2020 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference - Effective Partnerships against Terrorism…
ISIS Death in SDF Prison Raises Questions About Repatriation Before They Face Death
Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: “I am a mother whose son went to…
Social Media Tracking of ISIS Women and Real-Life Actions of ISIS Men on Their Behalf
Anne Speckhard, Mona Thakker and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: In the past…
How Men and Women Were Drawn to the Hyper-Gendered ISIS Caliphate
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: At the International Center for…
Jesse Morton: A Story of Trauma and Radicalization
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: The impact of trauma on…
Talking Terrorist Propaganda with a Pro
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring: Jesse Morton Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE 11:00 AM EST August 19th,…
Fighting ISIS Online: An Introduction to Breaking the ISIS Brand
https://youtu.be/FKq_hg7Gy3A ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE Zack Baddorf, ICSVE Director of Visual…
Spontaneous Deradicalization and the Path to Repatriate Some ISIS Members
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: “Coming to ISIS was the…
Research Challenges Involved in Field Research and Interviews Regarding the Militant Jihad, Extremism, and Suicide Terrorism
Anne Speckhard Originally published in Democracy and Security. There has been considerable interest in recent…
Into and Back Out of ISIS: An ISIS Defector Speaks Out
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring: Oliver N.; Moussa Al-Hassan Diaw - Director DERAD, Austria; and Anne…
ISIS and the Militant Jihad on Instagram
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: The Islamic State of Iraq…
Is Turkey a Bad Actor in Regard to ISIS Prisoners Being Held in SDF Territory?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: According to our ICSVE research interviews…
Terrorist Rehabilitation in the Dutch Prison System
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Yola Wanders, Former Director of the High Security Prison in Vught…
Can We Repatriate the ISIS Children?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: Despite ISIS having been territorially…
Can We Repatriate the ISIS Children?
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Ambassador Peter Galbraith, Beatrice Erikson, and Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrVFm5c9YM…
Report: Can an ISIS Terrorist be Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society?
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: Debates across the world are…
The Security Risk Posed by ISIS Women Smuggling Their Way Out of Camp Hol
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: While a debate rages in…
Can an ISIS Terrorist be Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society?
This panel discussion was held on June 10, 2020, from 11am-12:30pm Eastern. https://youtu.be/PC-CKWCGS4c Read a…
Lessons from Chernobyl, Terrorism on Dealing with Mental Health Challenges of COVID-19
Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: With COVID-19 we are dealing with an invisible…
The Curious Case of ISIS’s Recent Audio Diatribe About Qatar
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: In an unusual twist,…
PERSPECTIVE: Why Branding Antifa a Terror Group Is a Diversion
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: In the wake of…
Finland’s Challenges Facing Potential Repatriation of ISIS Detainees
Anne Speckhard and Gabriel Sjöblom-Fodor As published in Homeland Security Today: The northern country of…
Issues of ISIS Prisoners & Repatriations in a Time of COVID
Chat Log: 11:29:44 From Tahir B : What was going through your head when you…
Inside the Sisterhood Springing Jihadis from Jail
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in The Daily Beast : “Do you know any…
How Assad’s Atrocities Became a Powerful Motivator for Terrorist Recruitment
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: When one thinks of the…
Recruiting from Beyond the Grave: A European Follows Anwar al-Awlaki Into ISIS
Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: “I was born in Somalia, in Mogadishu,” Ibn…
PERSPECTIVE: Delegitimizing ISIS and Militant Jihadist Ideologies May Also Require Addressing Anti-Western Biases
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg Read the full academic article in the International Studies Journal…
ICSVE – Europe – Dutch Federal Police Training Event
ICSVE – Europe, in cooperation with Stephen van den Bosch presiding, held a training for…
Is Internet Recruitment Enough to Seduce a Vulnerable Individual Into Terrorism?
Anne Speckhard & Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: Is Internet recruitment alone strong…
When Religion and Culture Kill: COVID-19 in the Somali Diaspora Communities in Sweden
Anne Speckhard, Othman Mahamud & Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: In Sweden there…
Kimberly Pullman: A Canadian Woman Lured Over the Internet to the ISIS Caliphate
As published in Homeland Security Today: “If I was going to die at least I could…
ISIS in Their Own Words
ICSVE is proud to announce our newest publication in the Journal of Strategic Security ISIS…
Leaked Document Reveals EU in Talks with Syrian Democratic Forces About the Fate of EU ISIS Detainees
Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: Last week ICSVE researchers were in Brussels to…
Psycho-social and Islamic Challenge Approaches to in-Prison Treatment of Militant Jihadis
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION The decades of military efforts and loss of human lives on…
PERSPECTIVE: Ireland’s Lisa Smith Is a Test Run on Repatriation of ISIS Women
By Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: The recent return of Irish ISIS wife,…
PERSPECTIVE: What are the Legal and Moral Issues and Repercussions of the U.S. Assassination of Soleimani?
By Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: Last week’s U.S. airstrike on Iranian general…
PERSPECTIVE: U.S.- Iran Proxy Battles in Iraq and the Struggle for a Coherent Foreign Policy
As published in Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was overrun today by…
Stopping the Next London Bridge Attack: How to Reduce Risks Posed by Terror Parolees
As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard This past week a deadly stabbing attack…
British-Born Jack Letts Discusses Mental Illness and His Path to ISIS
As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard “I used to want to [explode myself]…
ICSVE’s Anne Speckhard on Public Radio International
Listen on PRI's The World Turkey says it's beginning to deport ISIS members held in…
Is Turkey Fueling a New Jihad in Northeast Syria?
As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard With the October 9th Turkish onslaught…
Syria’s Budding Democracy Is Being Destroyed, But It’s Not Too Late To Save It
As published in The Daily Caller: by Anne Speckhard Over the past two years I’ve…
Baghdadi Just Confirmed ISIS ‘Martyrdom’ Narrative, Ensuring ISIS Will Live
As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard To ISIS supporters around the globe,…
An ISIS Bride on the Run
By Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: President Trump had only days earlier…
Imprisoned ISIS Wives and Children Have Nowhere to Run To, Nowhere to Hide
As the Turks and Syrians close in from opposite directions, these women and their children…
Who are the Real Terrorists in North East Syria?
by Anne Speckhard Brussels: Earlier this week President Trump abruptly changed course and green-lighted a…
“Fake News” and the Trump Betrayal of our Kurdish Allies
by Anne Speckhard Athens: On October 9th, 2019, with a “nod” from President Trump—given via…
Kurds Have Been Preparing for Trump’s Betrayal—With a Vengeance
As published in the Daily Beast by Anne Speckhard Late Sunday night in Washington, the…
Who Are the ISIS Fighters in Custody, and How Can They Be Repatriated?
As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci BERLIN: Turkey is…
SDF Needs Our Help Now as Another Woman in Camp Hol Killed by ISIS Enforcers
As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci One woman was…
Waiting for the Return of the Islamic State Caliphate among ISIS Enforcers in al Hol, Ain Issa and Roj Camps in Syria
As published in Homeland Security Today: By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci ROJAVA, Syria - “When…
Perspective: Trump’s Warning to Europe Accentuates Need for Countries to Repatriate ISIS Detainees
As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci “We have thousands…
With International Help, SDF Can Lead in Prepping ISIS Fighters for Prosecution, Rehabilitation
As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci ICSVE were invited experts speaking…
Seeking an Islamic State Ruled by Shariah Law
by Anne Speckhard Seeking an Islamic State Ruled by Shariah is the 121rst counter narrative…
Walking the Path of the Islamic State Caliphate
Walking the Path of the Islamic State Caliphate is the 162nd counter narrative video in…
Enacting Western Justice in Regard to Western ISIS Cadres, their Spouses and Children
As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci The problem of…
The ISIS ‘Honey Trap’ to Catch Recruiter Deso Dogg and the Rogue FBI Translator
As published in Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci Of all the love…
Marrying over the Internet into the Islamic State
by Anne Speckhard Interpreting Scriptures in the Islamic State Caliphate is the 109th counter narrative…
If you Come to al Shabaab, Your Sins will be Forgiven
by Anne Speckhard If you Come to al Shabaab, Your Sins will be Forgiven is…
Studying the Art of War in al Shabaab
by Anne Speckhard Studying the Art of War in al Shabaab is the 115th counter…
Interpreting Scriptures in the Islamic State Caliphate
by Anne Speckhard Interpreting Scriptures in the Islamic State Caliphate is the 108th counter narrative video…
ISIS Fighter Claims Attack Plot Via Mexico, Underscoring Border Vulnerability
As published in Homeland Security Today By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci The vulnerability of…
Seeking an Islamic Life in al Shabaab
by Anne Speckhard Seeking an Islamic Life in al Shabaab is the 112th counter narrative video…
Is Iran Testing Trump With Little Attacks in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf?
As published in The Daily Beast by Dr. Anne Speckhard and Dr. Ardian Shajkovci BAGHDAD—The sound…
Real Voices from the Caliphate Talk Back to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi
As published in Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci “You hear rumors,…
Alexanda Kotey: A Monster Made in Syria?
As published by Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci ROJAVA, Syria: “I…
ICSVE’s Anne Speckhard on BBC World News
ICSVE's Anne Speckhard appears on BBC World News to discuss the terrorist attacks in Sri…
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa
ICSVE's Dr. Anne Speckhard spoke at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and…
Terror in Sri Lanka
https://youtu.be/EXecBNPif3w ICSVE's Dr. Anne Speckhard appears on CNN discussing the terror attacks in Sri Lanka.
ISIS Claims the Easter Sunday Bombings in Sri Lanka. Here’s Why We Should Have Seen Them Coming.
As published at Daily Beast. by Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci The Islamic State terror…
Born in America, Hoda Muthana Shares her Story of Joining and Escaping From the Islamic State Caliphate
As Published in Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci ROJAVA, Syria: The…
ICSVE Intervention on the Issue of ISIS Children Returning Home at the OSCE Wide Counter Terrorism Conference
The OSCE wide Counter Terrorism Conference - Taking Stock of Efforts to Prevent and Counter Terrorism…
The ISIS Spy Who Saved Baghdad from 30 Bombing Missions and Fortune Teller who Helped Trap an ISIS Leader
As published in Homeland Security Today: By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci BAGHDAD: In both…
Children of ISIS Mothers Are Dying in Front of their Eyes in Detention Camps
As published in Homeland Security Today Four children, one the newborn of ISIS joiner Shamima…
PERSPECTIVE: U.S. Must Back Semi-Autonomous Rojava Region Post-ISIS
as published in Homeland Security Today In 2012, the Northeastern Syrian area referred to as Democratic…
The ISIS Ambassador to Turkey
By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published in Homeland Security Today In the complicated…
The Jihad in Kenya: Understanding Al-Shabaab Recruitment and Terrorist Activity inside Kenya—in Their Own Words
As published in African Security Somalia has been a hotspot for terrorism and instability since…
ICSVE Concerns for the Welfare of a Newborn Child of a Detained Former ISIS Member
This is a letter sent to the government in response to a request of Dr.…
Terrorists’ Use of Drones Promises to Extend Beyond Caliphate Battles
As published in Homeland Security Today By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci Unmanned and remote…
Observing the Defeat of ISIS in Syria: Gone in 30 Days or Likely to Return?
by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published in Homeland Security Today Rojava, Syria – In the…
ISIS Smuggler: Sleeper Cells and ‘Undead’ Suicide Bombers Have Infiltrated Europe
Anne Speckhard, Ardian Shajkovci, & Hamid Sebaly as published in the Daily Beast ROJAVA, Syria—Europe…
The Sabayah of the Islamic State
https://youtu.be/F4vbPlRa8XQ Anne Speckhard The Sabayah of the Islamic State is the 61rst counter narrative video…
Dreams of Islamic State Bombings in Baghdad
https://youtu.be/jAL8lB008Ro Anne Speckhard Dreams of Islamic State Bombings in Baghdadis the 75th counter narrative video…
Escaping Jinn and the Islamic State
https://youtu.be/q6-ym1TvL6Y Anne Speckhard Escaping Jinn and the Islamic State is the 56th counter narrative video in…
Applying the Law in the Islamic State Caliphate
https://youtu.be/-3TVjO_nH2Y by Anne Speckhard Applying the Law in the Islamic State Caliphate is the 105th counter…
My Path Toward Jihad
https://youtu.be/hQEUSMk9L0U Anne Speckhard My Path Toward Jihad is the 64th counter narrative video in the…
Should I Join al Shabaab?
https://youtu.be/SlxCvLxOYUo Anne Speckhard Should I Join al Shabaab? is the 59th ICSVE counter narrative video…
You Should Fear Allah in the Islamic State Caliphate
https://youtu.be/pGbGdG07XZo Anne Speckhard You Should Fear Allah in the Islamic State Caliphate is the 78th counter…
Islamic State Live-Streaming in Kosovo
https://youtu.be/d-Ct09gm7pQ Anne Speckhard Islamic State Live-Streaming in Kosovo is the 60th counter narrative video in…
A Scholar in the Islamic State Caliphate
https://youtu.be/De9o4BQ0hRQ Anne Speckhard A Scholar in the Islamic State Caliphate is the 68th counter narrative…
The Islamic State’s Roundabout of Happiness in Raqqa
https://youtu.be/Dar74u0QvSM Anne Speckhard The Islamic State’s Roundabout of Happiness in Raqqais the 67th counter narrative…
The People Live in Darkness
https://youtu.be/NyVdt1Jf8FI Anne Speckhard The People Live in Darknessis the 66th counter narrative video in the…
The Punishments of the Islamic State
https://youtu.be/fMKwOpL7dHU Anne Speckhard The Punishments of the Islamic State is the 63rd counter narrative video in…
Listen to and Obey the Islamic State
https://youtu.be/zm278YURq6M Anne Speckhard Listen to and Obey the Islamic Stateis the 62nd counter narrative video…
A Cub of the Caliphate’s Jihad
https://youtu.be/D73ItroZOxk Anne Speckhard A Cub of the Caliphate’s Jihad is the 72nd counter narrative video in…
Revenge in the Islamic State
https://youtu.be/TsU26WyVrkc Anne Speckhard Revenge in the Islamic Stateis the 69th counter narrative video in the…
The Abu Musab al Zarqawi Cubs of the Caliphate Camp
https://youtu.be/op6SPsb38SI Anne Speckhard The Abu Musab al Zarqawi Cubs of the Caliphate Camp is the 52nd…
It is Jihad
https://youtu.be/E1I98cD_lOg Anne Speckhard It is Jihad is the 74th counter narrative video in the ICSVE Breaking the…
Swearing my Bayat to the Islamic State in Fallujah
https://youtu.be/pI9hdDRDvGk Anne Speckhard Swearing my Bayat to the Islamic State in Fallajuah is the 73rd counter…
Making Hijrah to the Islamic State Caliphate
https://youtu.be/1IcyUKmS7sk Anne Speckhard Making Hijrah the Islamic State Caliphateis the 83rdcounter narrative video in the ICSVE…
The Helpers of the Islamic State Caliphate
https://youtu.be/q9ZTmYyN6eY by Anne Speckhard The Helpers of the Islamic State Caliphate is the 111th counter narrative…
A Belgian Family in the Islamic State
https://youtu.be/phZsHWBzcbE Anne Speckhard A Belgian Family in the Islamic State is the 77th counter narrative video…
As al Shabaab Reaches into Kenya to Attack Again: Can Disillusioned Terrorists Denouncing the Group Help Fight it?
Al Shabaab, the Somali based terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda, reached its long arm…
Albanians in the Islamic State Caliphate
https://youtu.be/z5nao8DZZIw by Anne Speckhard Often, realities of war differ from war stories and war-related reporting…
The Clear Path into the Islamic State Caliphate
https://youtu.be/l5O4m3t2YGA Anne Speckhard The Clear Path into the Islamic State is the 117th counter narrative video…
Is ISIS still Alive and Well on the Internet?
As published in Homeland Security Today Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci With the collapse of the so-called “Islamic State” in…
Following my Father into the Islamic State Caliphate
https://youtu.be/pNxWgUGCUfk Anne Speckhard Following my Father into the Islamic State Caliphate is the 79th counter narrative…
Brothers of the Caliphate
https://youtu.be/JMQa4GaQoho Brothers of the Caliphate is the 106th counter narrative video in the ICSVE Breaking the ISIS…
Terror tots: Horror as experts reveal up to HALF-A-MILLION children recruited by ISIS
Article citing Anne Speckhard THE Islamic State has managed to radicalise up to half a…
Amman Forum
On Oct. 9, 2018 Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled “Breaking the ISIS…
Kenya CVE Conference
On Oct. 16, 2018, Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled “Breaking the Terrorist…
UAE Conference
On Nov. 26, 2018, Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled “Breaking the ISIS…
National Police Unit: The Hague
Mirjam Parre, MSc, gave a keynote address entitled “Preventing / Countering Violent Extremism” at the…
UK Prevent Conference
On June 18, 2018, Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled "Breaking the ISIS…
Astana Conference
On Dec. 6, 2018, Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled “Breaking the ISIS…
Happy Holidays from ICSVE!
From the President’s Corner: 2018 has been an exciting and eventful year for the International…
Selling out our Allies in Syria
Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published in Homeland Security Today “We have defeated ISIS in Syria,” Donald…
Yazidi Survivors of ISIS’ Cruelty Face Hurdles in Finding Justice
Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published in Homeland Security Today At the recent 2018 Doha…
Born in Belgium, raised in ISIS: ‘I want to come home’
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OCSE)’s Reverse Flow of Foreign Fighters Conference
On May 11, 2018 Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled "Organization for Security…
The roles of women in supporting, joining, intervening in and preventing violent extremism in Sandjak
Analysis of the Drivers of Violent Extremism in the Sandjaregionwith a Focus on Women’s Roles,…
Challenges of Radicalization to Violent Extremism in Europe and Beyond – an ICSVE-EU and Beyond the Horizons Event
Watch the event trailer here: https://youtu.be/W2ZdlGCdLAI Watch ICSVE's Director, Anne Speckhard's speech here: https://youtu.be/KgQuKLtSNuI Photos…
Prison – Militant Jihadist Recruiting Grounds or Refuge for Rehabilitation?
by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci As published in Homeland Security Today It is often argued…
Engaging English Speaking Facebook Users in an Anti-ISIS Awareness Campaign
Anne Speckhard, Ardian Shajkovci, Claire Wooster & Neima Izadi ABSTRACT This article reports on The International Center…
PERSPECTIVE: Debating the Use of ISIS Counter-Narratives in the Heart of Europe
Historically speaking, compelling narratives and messages have always served as a crucial means for violent…
Challenges in Creating, Deploying Counter-Narratives to Deter Would-be Terrorists
Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shaykovci As published in Homeland Security Today PDF here This paper…
Breaking the ISIS Brand: Understanding Trajectories into and out of Terrorism and Using Counter-Messaging to Prevent and Intervene in Terrorism and Violent Extremism
On behalf of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE), we are…
10 Reasons Western Women Seek Jihad and Join Terror Groups
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.& Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D. As published in Homeland Security Today PDF here Abstract:…
Using Counter Narrative Campaigns on Facebook to “Break the ISIS Brand” in Iraq
by Anne Speckhard, Ardian Shajkovci & Neima Izadi as published in Homeland Security Today PDF…
ISIS Women: Victims, Criminals, or Both?
by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci As Published in The Washington Examiner The Syrian civil uprising,…
Breaking the ISIS Brand in Iraq using Counter Narrative Campaigns on Facebook
By Anne Speckhard & Neima Izadi PDF Here In 2017, ISIS suffered major territorial and…
Returning ISIS Foreign Fighters: Radicalization Challenges for the Justice System
by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published in Homeland Security Today PDF here During…
ICSVE Director, Dr. Anne Speckhard, featured on CJOB Radio
Listen to Dr. Anne Speckhard discuss motivations for joining militant jihad, deradicalization, the detention of…
In Legal Wrangling Over ISIS Families, Should Anyone Be Allowed Home?
by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published October 31, 2018 in Homeland Security Today…
Fighting ISIS in the Digital Space in Jordan
by Anne Speckhard & Neima Izadi PDF here With estimates of 3000 foreign fighters traveling to…
Giving the Best of Syria to the Islamic State Caliphate
Giving the Best of Syria to the Islamic State Caliphate features 22-year-old Syrian Abu Valid,…
A Belgian Serving the Islamic State in Syria
https://youtu.be/iQ3FlCdC-oM A Belgian Serving the Islamic State in Syria is the 58th ICSVE counter narrative…
Striking it Rich in the Caliphate
By: Anne Speckhard Striking it Rich in the Caliphate features Syrian Abu Said, a defected ISIS commander.…
ICSVE’s UNGA Side Event: Training Tools and the Use of Counter Narratives in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism
Video recording of the live streaming of our ICSVE event from the Grand Hyatt Hotel,…
Saudi Arabia, UAE ‘lead way in fighting terror ideology’
ICSVE covered and Anne Speckhard quoted in article from Arab News By: CALINE MALEK Former…
You Must Join the Islamic State
You Must Join the Islamic State features 31-year-old Iraqi Abu Latif. He was interviewed in…
After a New Massacre, Charges That ISIS Is Operating With Assad and the Russians
The slaughter in the Druze region of Syria cost hundreds of lives last month. It…
Georges the Belgian Jihadist
Georges the Belgian Jihadist features 25-year-old Georges M, a Belgian ISIS supporter. Georges was interviewed…
Jihad is our Way
Jihad is our Way features twenty-seven-year-old Kenyan, Aisha, a would-be suicide bomber, radicalized over the…
Swearing my Bayat to the Islamic State in a Time of Sectarianism
Swearing my Bayat to the Islamic State in a Time of Sectarianism features twenty-eight-year-old Iraqi…
The Lion and the Lioness of the Islamic State
The Lion and the Lioness of the Islamic State features twenty-seven-year-old Kenyan, Aisha, a would-be ISIS…
Marriage Proposals in the Caliphate
Marriage Proposals in the Caliphate features thirty-three-year-old Syrian, ISIS commander Abu Said who was interviewed in…
Surviving in the Islamic State Caliphate
Surviving in the Islamic State Caliphate features thirty-three-year-old Syrian, ISIS commander Abu Said who was interviewed…
The Long Arm of the Islamic State
The Long Arm of the Islamic State features thirty-three-year-old Syrian, ISIS commander Abu Said who was…
Making Money in the Islamic State
Making Money in the Islamic State features thirty-three-year-old Syrian, ISIS commander Abu Said who was interviewed…
Following Shariah in the Islamic State
Following Shariah in the Islamic State features thirty-three-year-old Abu Said, a defected Syrian, ISIS commander interviewed…
The Good Caliph of the Islamic State
The Good Caliph of the Islamic State features thirty-three-year-old Syrian, ISIS commander Abu Said who was…
The Sword of the Islamic State
The Sword of the Islamic State features thirty-three-year-old Abu Said, a Syrian, defected ISIS commander interviewed…
Working for the Islamic State
Working for the Islamic State features twenty-nine year old Abu Hashim, an imprisoned former ISIS…
A Baghdad Bombing by the Islamic State
A Baghdad Bombing by the Islamic State features thirty-eight-year-old Abu Jassim, an Iraqi interviewed in…
FIGHTING ISIS ON FACEBOOK – BREAKING THE ISIS BRAND COUNTER-NARRATIVES PROJECT
ICSVE research paper featured in Vox-Pol By Anne Speckhard, Ardian Shajkovci & Lorand Bodo This blog…
The Call of Duty
The Call of Duty features thirty-one-year-old Abu Hilmi, a Kosovar interviewed in June of 2016 in…
Boys Without Fathers and the Islamic State
ICSVE Video, “Joining the Cubs of the Caliphate” covered by The Clarion Project BY MEIRA SVIRSKY Sunday,…
Haram in the Islamic State
Haram in the Islamic States features thirty-three-year-old Abu Said, a defected Syrian, ISIS commander interviewed in…
Joining the Cubs of the Caliphate
Joining the Cubs of the Caliphate features 18-year-old Abu Yousef, a Syrian ISIS defector, who was…
Aiming for Paradise with the Cubs of the Caliphate
Aiming for Paradise with the Cubs of the Caliphate features 18-year-old Abu Yousef, a Syrian…
Sex in the Islamic State
Sex in the Islamic State features 18-year-old Abu Yousef, a Syrian ISIS defector interviewed in 2016…
The Sabayah of the Islamic State
The Sabayah of the Islamic State features 25-year-old Abu Hamza, a Syrian from Deir ez-Zor interviewed…
Justice for Our Sisters in the Islamic State
This video clip features Ibn Mesud, an eighteen-year-old Syrian ISIS defector from al Hasakah, Syria…
The Real Jihad
The Real Jihad features 25-year-old Abu Hamza, a Syrian from Deir ez-Zor interviewed in 2016 in…
The Islamic State Hisbah
The Islamic State Hisbah video features 25-year-old Abu Hamza, a Syrian from Deir ez-Zor interviewed in…
Rules of the Islamic State
Rules of the Islamic State is the 29th counter narrative video in the ICSVE Breaking the ISIS…
The Islamic State Takes Care of You
The Islamic State Takes Care of You features 25-year-old Abu Hamza, a Syrian from Deir ez-Zor…
The Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Project
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D. PDF here This paper was originally presented at…
Confronting an ISIS Emir: ICSVE’s Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter-Narratives Project Videos
A published in CTX Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci Most experts agree that the most…
The Family that Slays Together – Mother’s Deadly Day: She Blew Up Herself and Her Two Girls to Murder Christians
The deadly attacks during Sunday services in Indonesia were the work of a whole family.…
Mother’s Deadly Day: She Blew Up Herself and Her Two Girls to Murder Christians
ICSVE article in The Daily Beast The deadly attacks during Sunday services in Indonesia were…
ISIS – When Serving Terrorism is an “All in the Family” Affair – How to Recover the Lost Children and Spouses of ISIS
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D. This paper was presented at the 2018 OSCE-wideCounter-Terrorism Conference…
Two Brothers in the Islamic State
Two Brothers in the Islamic State features nineteen-year-old Abu Zahraa, an Iraqi, from Baghdad, interviewed…
The Call to Jihad
The Call to Jihad video features thirty-one year old Abu Naim, a Kosovar interviewed in Kosovo…
We are in the Time of Jihad
We are in the Time of Jihad, is based on the video interview of Syrian ISIS defector…
A Sister Walking in the Islamic State
This video clip features Ibn Mesud, an eighteen-year-old Syrian ISIS defector from al Hasakah, Syria…
Justice in the Islamic State
Justice in the Islamic Stateis based on the video interview of Abu Albani, a Kosovar…
A Poor Man in the Islamic State
A Poor Man in the Islamic State is based on the video interview of Syrian ISIS…
Who Will Rescue American Babies from ISIS?
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. When it comes to American children taken into ISIS, it seems the…
Who Will Rescue American Babies From ISIS?
Op Ed in The Daily Beast When it comes to American children taken into ISIS,…
Marriage in the Islamic State
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. This video clip features Ibn Mesud, an eighteen-year-old Syrian ISIS defector…
A Child of the Islamic State
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. A Child of the Islamic State is the 20th counter narrative…
My Journey Towards Jihad – ICSVE’s new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Video Clip
Our video “My Journey Towards Jihad” featured as an article on Defence & Intelligence Norway…
My Journey Towards Jihad
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. My Journey Towards Jihad is the 19th counter narrative video clip in…
Jordanians continue to struggle with jihadist threats
ICSVE research mentioned/referenced in The Arab Weekly Jordan forbids foreign fighters from returning and more…
Will ISIS Live on in Iraq?
by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published in The Hill After announcing the defeat…
Inside the ISIS Terror Plot to Kill U.S. Diplomats in Colombia
Anne Speckhard quoted in The Daily Beast What caused a Cuban national to join up…
Rewards of Joining the Islamic State – ICSVE’s new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Video
Our video, “Rewards of Joining the Islamic State” featured as an article on Defence &…
Rewards of Joining the Islamic State
ICSVE's new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Video by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Today, ICSVE…
Will ISIS live on in Iraq?
Op Ed in The Hill, Republished in Security Solutions BY ANNE SPECKHARD AND ARDIAN SHAJKOVCI,…
Fighting ISIS on Facebook—Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter-Narratives Project
Anne Speckhard & Lorand Bodo PDF here Abstract Since its inception in 2014, ISIS has…
BREAKING THE ISIS BRAND COUNTER-NARRATIVES – PART II: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN FIGHTING ISIS ONLINE
ICSVE research paper republished/featured in Vox-Pol By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci Last week’s Blog…
How can Hollywood help fight ISIS and similar terrorist groups?
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. PDF here BAGHDAD - The International Center for the Study of Violent…
Defected from ISIS or Simply Returned, and for How Long?
ICSVE research paper featured in Security Solutions by Anne Speckhard Challenges for the West in…
Bringing Down the Digital Caliphate: A Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter-Narratives Intervention with Albanian Speaking Facebook Accounts
by Anne Speckhard, Lorand Bodo & Haris Fazliu[1] PDF here The Western Balkans has been…
Talking to Abu Qatada about Donald Trump’s Presidency and the Future of the Middle East
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. [1] PDF here AMMAN, Jordan: What does Abu Qatada, the so-called “spiritual…
Another Face of Abu Qatada: Speaking on the Principle of Terrorism
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.[1] PDF here Abu Qatada, who many have called the spiritual father of…
Determining Youth Radicalization in Jordan
ICSVE research paper featured in Security Solutions by Anne Speckhard Following the November 2015 Paris…
Promises of the Caliphate
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Promises of the Caliphate features Abu Fahad, a thirty-five year old…
Defected from ISIS or Simply Returned, and for How Long?– Challenges for the West in Dealing with Returning Foreign Fighters
Our new article about our research at ICSVE in Home Security Affairs by Anne Speckhard, PhD., Ardian Shajkovci,…
Qatar and the Terrorism Blame Game
ICSVE research paper featured in Security Solutions by Anne Speckhard Between January 19, 2018 and…
Qatar and the Terrorism Blame Game
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. PDF here Between January 19, 2018 and January 24, 2018, a delegation…
Wanted Dead or Alive: The Frustrating, Failing Hunt for ISIS Leader Baghdadi
Americans and Russians have converged on the Euphrates valley where the ISIS “caliphate” is making…
Wanted Dead or Alive: The Frustrating, Failing Hunt for ISIS Leader Baghdadi
Op Ed in The Daily Beast by Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci Americans and Russians…
Joshua Boyle Charged With Assault: Was He Re-Enacting the Traumas of Taliban Captivity?
A professor of psychiatry and expert on terrorism explores the traumas that may have led…
Rage, pain and grief: Can former hostages return to normal?
Anne Speckhard interviewed by The Ottawa Citizen Psychologist Anne Speckhard is an expert on PTSD,…
Joshua Boyle Charged With Assault: Was He Re-Enacting the Traumas of Taliban Captivity?
Op Ed in The Daily Beast A professor of psychiatry and expert on terrorism explores…
Establishing the Islamic State
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D ICSVE is proud to release its new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter…
How do you Deprogram a Country After ISIS is Defeated?
ICSVE article published in The Daily Beast and republished in Security Solutions BAGHDAD—We arrived here…
How do you Deprogram a Country After ISIS is Defeated?
The final victory over the so-called Islamic State won’t be won until its ideas have…
Videos of IS defectors used to expose truth about terrorism
ICSVEs Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narratives Project covered on Free Malaysia Today Zam Yusa -December…
Determining Youth Radicalization in Jordan
by Fares Braizat, Ph.D., Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., & Amer Sabaileh, Ph.D. PDF here Abstract Jordan…
Why is YouTube undercutting anti-ISIS efforts?
ICSVE covered in Op Ed in Washington Examiner by Michael Rubin | October 25, 2017…
Will Hostages Taken by the Taliban Ever Recover?
ICSVE's research report appearing today in the Daily Beast Coleman endured rape, the murder of her…
Will Family Held Hostage by the Taliban Ever Recover?
Op Ed in The Daily Beast by Anne Speckhard Coleman endured rape, the murder of…
The Psychological Ordeals of Hostages: American Hostage Caitlan Coleman Endured Rape, Murder of her Child and a Terrifying Rescue—to What Outcome?
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. PDF here U.S. officials announced this week that American hostage, Caitlan Coleman…
CUBS OF THE CALIPHATE
Online article on Vice, covering an HBO Documentary, “Cubs of the Caliphate.” Anne Speckhard quotedOnline…
Joining Islamic State for the Sake of Martyrdom
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Joining Islamic State for the Sake of Martyrdom is the 15th video…
ICSVE – Update from the President’s Corner
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. The International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) is an…
Winning against al-Qaeda and ISIS: The Case for Combining Deradicalization with Disengagement Approaches in Prison and Community Programs Addressing Former and Current Members of Militant Jihadi Groups
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., and Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D. PDF here INTRODUCTION Even after decades of military…
You Blow Yourself Up
By Anne Speckhard Another video clip in the Breaking the ISIS Brand--ISIS Cadres Counter-Narrative Project, "You Blow…
My Brother, the Martyr for Islamic State
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. "My Brother, the Martyr for Islamic State" is ICSVE's newly released video in…
Muslims are Killing their Brothers in Islam
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. "Muslins are Killing their Brothers in Islam" is ICSVE's newly released video clip…
ISIS in al-Shadadi
Over the last two years the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) has…
Dreams of the Islamic State
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. ICSVE is proud to announce the release of our newest video…
My Brother in Islamic State
ICSVE is proud to announce the release of our newest video in the Breaking the ISIS…
She Doesn’t Regret Torturing Women for ISIS
ANNE SPECKHARD AHMET YAYLA The Daily Beast 09.01.17 1:00 AM ET PDF A teenage girl…
The Runaway Bride of ISIS: Transformation a Young Girl with a Dream to a Lethal ISIS Enforcer
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. The baby boy, not more than…
Making a Monster: How I Became an ISIS Bride
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. As published in the Daily Beast, August…
Inside The ISIS Machine Turning Children to ‘Monsters’
Our ICSVE research reported in the Daily Beast 8-25-2017 The little American boy, 10-year-old ‘Yusuf’…
Beware the Women of ISIS: There Are Many, and They May Be More Dangerous Than the Men
ICSVE is proud to announce our new report by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.d. released August…
Beware the Women of ISIS: There Are Many, and They May Be More Dangerous Than the Men
ICSVE article published in The Daily Beast and republished in Security Solutions (in two parts…
The ISIS Prison System: Its Structure, Departmental Affiliations, Processes, Conditions, and Practices of Psychological and Physical Torture
by Asaad Almohammad, Ph.D., Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. PDF here Executive…
Analysis of the Drivers of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Kyrgyzstan, including the Roles of Kyrgyz Women in Supporting, Joining, Intervening in, and Preventing Violent Extremism in Kyrgyzstan
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., & Chinara Esengul, Ph.D. Candidate PDF here Executive Summary This article reports…
Ensuring a Long-term Win Against ISIS In Mosul: The Need for Rehabilitation & Reintegration Programs & Restoring Security and Justice
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., Grace Wakim Get the PDF Allah Akbar (meaning God is Greatest)…
TERRORISM – MAKING READY RECRUITS FOR VIOLENCE
ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard Interview on Terrorism - Making Ready Recruits for Violence Dr. Anne…
Identifying Nefarious Telegram Users without the Help of Telegram Itself: Testing Solutions for Intelligence and Security Professionals in Fighting ISIS in the Encrypted Social Media Space
Lorand Bodo, M.A. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download PDF Introduction Telegram currently is, for a…
The Glorious Martyrs of the Islamic State
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. ICSVE is proud to announce the…
Governments need to Address Anger Among Potential Terror Recruits, Nato conference told
Dr. Speckhard quoted in article By: Caline Malek – The National Speakers at the StratCom…
“Radical Islamic Terrorists”: How is President Trump doing in his first 100 days in Office?
Terrorists’ love for Telegram, explained
Ahmet Yayla cited in Vox article By Rebecca Tan Terrorism and intelligence experts have known for…
“Radical Islamic Terrorists”: How is President Trump doing in his first 100 days in Office?
PDF here by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Director, ICSVE and Non-Resident Fellow of Trends & Ardian Shajkovci,…
Upfront special: Is it over for ISIL?
Dr. Yayla featured on Aljazeera debate We debate whether ISIL can be defeated, where their…
Summer of Terror Approaches: What to Do to Counter Martyrdom Attacks?
By Ahmet S Yayla A series of Salafist, jihadi terrorist attacks erupting at…
Al Qaeda Makes its Move with a Video Primer by Hamza bin Laden
Significance of the new video, “Advice for Martyrdom-Seekers in the West” By Ahmet S…
Exclusive Analysis: Al Qaeda Makes Its Move With A Video Primer By Hamza Bin Laden
Dr. Yayla in Homeland Security Today Al Qaeda has stepped out of the shadow of…
Telegram: The mighty application that ISIS loves
by Ahmet S. Yayla & Anne Speckhard Republished by Vox-Pol in two parts - Part…
Confronting an ISIS Emir: ICSVE’s Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter-Narrative Videos
ICSVE research republished in Security Solutions By Anne Speckhard -June 6, 2017 Most experts agree that the…
Confronting an ISIS Emir: ICSVE’s Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter-Narrative Videos
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. PDF here Most experts agree that the most successful counter-messaging campaigns…
ICSVE’s New “Breaking the ISIS Brand” Video Clip – Today is the Female Slave Market Day in ad-Dawlah
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Abu Abdullah, a Syrian ISIS defector, was interviewed in Turkey by the…
ExpertinüberSuizid-Attentäter: “AlswärensieimDrogenrausch”
Article by Eva Winroither - Die Presse citing Anne Speckhard Terrorismus-Expertin Anne Speckhard hat für…
Telegram: the Mighty Application that ISIS Loves
By Ahmet S. Yayla & Anne Speckhard Download the PDF ISIS has been the most…
Should The West Forgive ISIS Returnees?
Among the penitent are potential time bombs. ICSVE cited in Commentary Magazine article For many…
ICSVE’s New “Breaking the ISIS Brand” Video Clip – The Promises of ad-Dawlah to Women
ICSVE research republished in Security Solutions By John Bigelow -May 5, 2017 By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Laura…
ISIS Drones: Evolution, Leadership, Bases, Operations and Logistics
Asaad Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF The use of drones by…
The Operational Ranks and Roles of Female ISIS Operatives: From Assassins and Morality Police to Spies and Suicide Bombers
by Asaad H. Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF Before deploying sources to…
The Daily Harvester: How ISIS Disseminates Propaganda over the Internet Despite Counter-Measures and How to Fight Back
Lorand Bodo, M.A. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF As ISIS is rapidly losing…
Psychosocial Drivers, Prevention and Sequelae of Engaging in Torture
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Charles Figley, Ph.D. Download the PDF Abstract Torture resorted to as…
Drivers of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Kosovo: Women’s Roles in Supporting, Preventing & Fighting Violent Extremism
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF Executive Summary Since the start of the Syrian conflict…
Abu Luqman – Father of the ISIS Emni: Its Organizational Structure, Current Leadership and Clues to its Inner Workings in Syria & Iraq
Asaad H. Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF If ISIS were the…
The Truck as a “Just” Tool of Terror – What we can Learn from the Stockholm, Sweden Attack
Louisa Tarras-Wahlberg It’s a sunny Friday afternoon in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Thousands of…
Is ISIS Moving its Capital from Raqqa to Mayadin in Deir ez-Zor?
by Asaad H. Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF There is a…
Not All ISIS Returnees are Defectors
CNN has been hawking this story of Younes Delefortrie as From Altar Boy to ISIS…
Beating ISIS in the Digital Space: Focus Testing ISIS Defector Counter-Narrative Videos with American College Students
By: Allison McDowell-Smith, Ph.D., Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. as published in…
Why Taking the Tabqa Dam is Important in the Fight against ISIS and Retaking of Raqqa
by Asaad H. Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. This week U.S. Colonel Joseph E. Scrocca,…
How to Break the ISIS Brand
Anne Speckhard, Allison McDowell Smith and Ardian Shajkovci published at East West Institute The EastWest…
Recovery, Rehabilitation & Reintegration of the “Lost” Children Living and Serving Under the Islamic State
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF here Hundreds of thousands of children around the…
The Jihad in Jordan: Drivers of Radicalization into Violent Extremism in Jordan
The Jihad in Jordan: Drivers of Radicalization into Violent Extremism in Jordan By Anne Speckhard,…
Remote control terror’ Why ISIS claims over Khalid Masood murders pose biggest threat yet
ICSVE cited in article in Express PRO-ISLAMIC State forums are among the most horrific places…
Former foreign minister warns terrorism can’t be stopped if there is a refusal to ‘do God’
ICSVE cited by David Williamson in Wales Online Kim Howells argues the religious ideas behind…
Sick ISIS posts celebrates ‘blessed London attack’ with ‘Allahu Akbar’ next to horrific photos of the attack Rebecca Taylor
ICSVE cited in Daily Mail Messages from an ISIS telegram channel show people celebrating the…
Defectors Denounce ISIS Narratives in New ICSVE Project
ICSVE work featured by Club de Madrid A project recently launched by the International Center…
19th Asian Security Conference amid India’s security inconsistencies
ICSVE cited in Malaysia Sun By: Col Anil Bhat, VSM (Retd.) New Delhi [India], Mar.…
Trump’s Immigration Ban is Counterproductive in War on Terror
By Anne Speckhard as published in The Hill My neighbor is a Syrian refugee. Frankly,…
Trump’s immigration ban is counter productive in war on terror
Anne Speckhard published Op Ed in the Hill My neighbor is a Syrian refugee. Frankly,…
Breaking the ISIS Brand. 19th Asian Security Conference – Combating Terrorism: Evolving an Asian Response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB_AixFA9z0 Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. -Defence Studies and Analyses
Women’s Roles in Terrorism & Women Fighting Back
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. On International Women’s Day it seems important to recognize strong women…
Women’s roles in terrorism and women fighting back
Dr. Speckhard, republished by VoxPol By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. On International Women’s Day it seems important…
Appointed or Elected Leaders as Part of the Answer for Addressing Violent Extremism in the Region: A View from Iran
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Iranian Ambassador Hossein Sheikhoislam, currently serving as Advisor to the Foreign…
The Potential Threats Posed by ISIS’s Use of Weaponized Air Drones and How to Fight Back
by Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. and Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Like every other recent technological advancement,…
ISIS and Foreign Fighter Returnees – Prosecute or Raise their Voices against ISIS?
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Grace Wakim “The Chechen fighter next to me shot and…
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…
Inside Iraq: Lasting Effects of Trump’s Travel Ban
by Stefanie Mitchell Sitting here in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan with my friend,…
To Some, President Trump is the Dajaal
Anne Speckhard & Lorand Bodo, Republished in On Faith “Trump is the perfect enemy bc…
To Some, President Trump is the Dajaal
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Lorand Bodo “Trump is the perfect enemy bc [because] the…
“Are You With Us or Against Us?”
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. The White House reported in a press conference yesterday that a five-year-old boy…
Are you with us or against us?
Anne Speckhard, republished in OnFaith The White House reported in a press conference yesterday that…
Religion is not a Legitimate Target for Countering Violent Extremism
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Among his first acts, our new President is taking steps to limit…
ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate
The following review was graciously submitted to Narrative Exploration by Dr. Karl Kaltenthaler; published on…
New “Breaking the ISIS Brand” Video Clip Released Today – Join or Defect from Ad-Dawlah?
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. As ISIS is rapidly being defeated on the Syrian and Iraqi battlefield,…
Possibilities of Peace-Building in Iraq: Questions of Deradicalization and Reintegration amidst Sectarian Conflicts
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Stefanie Mitchell Daily gains against ISIS in Iraq and the imminent…
What Do ISIS Women Want?
ICSVE cited by Michael Rubin in Commentary What motivates women to join what on its…
17 policiers radicalisés recensés entre 2012 et 2015 à Paris
ICSVE cited in L’Express Dans leur livre, Où sont passés nos espions?, des journalistes révèlent une…
Turkish Investigation Into New Year’s Attack Focuses on Central Asians
ICSVE cited by Kasim Cindemir in Voice of America Turkish authorities have rounded up dozens…
Seven Promises of ISIS to its Female Recruits
Louisa Tarras-Wahlberg Abstract Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011 close to…
The ISIS Istanbul Reina Night Club Attack: A Lesson in What Happens when One Invites Cannibals to Dinner
By Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. ISIS attacked again in Turkey,…
The Roles of Women in Supporting, Joining, Intervening in and Preventing Violent Extremism in Sandjak
Analysis of the Drivers of Violent Extremism in the Sandjak region with a Focus on…
What it Means that the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was Assassinated by a Radicalized Militant Jihadi off-duty Turkish Police Officer
By Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. The Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey…
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…
The ISIS Emni: The Inner Workings and Origins of ISIS’s Intelligence Apparatus
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. Thirty-eight ISIS defectors from Syria, Western…
Abu Qatada: The “Spiritual Father” of al Qaeda in Europe reflecting on Terrorism and the Future of the Middle East as Trump takes the U.S. Presidency
Competing Interests, Civilian Confusion, Conspiracy Theories and Chaos in the Assault on Mosul
Grace Wakim and Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. While, Mosul, the last stronghold of ISIS is being…
ISIS’s New Threat: Possible Use of WMDs
By Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Days before the coalition forces began…
Portrait of Turkey’s ISIS Leader Halis Bayancuk: Alias Abu Hanzala
By Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. Halis Bayancuk is the leader of ISIS in Turkey.…
THE BATTLE WITH ISIS-ARE WE WINNING?
Podcast episode with Anne Speckhard During the 2016 campaign and in the early days of…
ISIS Claims the Minnesota Stabbing Spree but those behind the New York City and New Jersey bombs still remain in Shadows
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. The New York city explosion this week—injuring at least twenty-nine—and discovery of…
Great Reviews Appearing for ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate adapted for the stage in Zwang des Materials
Paderborn, Germany—artistic director, Katharina Kreuzhage, adapts the book ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist…
Theater meets Real Life with the ISIS Defectors Interviews Project
Theater meets Real Life with the ISIS Defectors Interviews Project Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. &…
Turkey’s July Coup Attempt: “A Gift from God” to a new Authoritarianism
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats HEARING ON TURKEY AFTER THE…
ISIS’s No. 2 is dead: What it means to the West
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D., contributors Featured in http://thehill.com/ http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/homeland-security/294523-isis-number-two-is-dead-what-it-means-to-the-west Abu…
Aftermath of another ISIS Attack in Gaziantep, Turkey: A Possible New Internal Conflict for Turkey
By Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. On August 20, 2016, ISIS…
Homegrown ISIS Inspired and Directed Terror Attacks—the New Normal?
Homegrown ISIS Inspired and Directed Terror Attacks—the New Normal? Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Ahmet…
No Coincidences in Terrorist Attacks
No Coincidences in Terrorist Attacks By Dr. Ahmet S. Yayla and Dr. Anne Speckhard ISIS…
How ISIS Defectors Can Help Us Beat Terror
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet Yayla, Ph.D. (TIME Magazine article) They can help reveal…
Le Pacte secret de la Turquie avec ISIS exposé par les membres qui sont derrière la vague d’attaques de l’État islamique
Article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. By…
Những phần tử khủng bố được hình thành như thế nào?
Article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. July 26, 2016
Turkish tabloid accuses US Army General of orchestrating the failed coup – a move which could put Americans in the country at risk
Daily Mail article featuring ICSVE and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. by Alexandra Genova…
Tyrkias nære forhold til IS og bløffen om «krigen mot IS»
Article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. Av Pål…
How do we Defeat ISIS? Less Bombs, More Social
ISIS has gone unchallenged in one arena for far too long and the longer we…
ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate Book Launch
ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate Book Launch Please see our ISIS Defectors:…
Living with Fear in the Age of Terrorism
News Corp Australia Network article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet…
ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. speaking at New America, July 22, 2016…
ISIS Claims Execution of an American in Turkey
ISIS Claims Execution of an American in Turkey Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. & Anne…
Turkey’s Secret Pact with Islamic State Exposed by Operative Behind Wave of ISIS Attacks
INSURGE intelligence article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla,…
Turkey’s failed coup: A victory for ISIS
Op ed in The Hill by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet…
Turkey, Erdogan, and the Coup that Wasn’t
World Policy Journal article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. By Ahmet S.…
Nice terror attack Islamic State terror call targets Australia
News Corp Australia Network article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet…
Vile Islamic State propaganda video urged followers to ‘fill your cars with gas’ and for attacks in European cities and Australia just weeks before the Nice terror attack
Daily Mail article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla,…
Inside ISIS Chat Rooms: ICSVE obtains ISIS Video Calling for Attacks with Vehicles
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet Yayla, Ph.D. Celebrations and calls for more attacks to…
Truck Driver Identified in Bastille Day Attack in Nice
Gawker article referring to the ICSVE research by Brendan O'Connor - July 15, 2016 The…
Islamic State Says fill Your Cars with Gas as Terror Call Targets Australia
Coercion Code article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla,…
Islamic State Urged Vehicular Attacks Weeks Before Nice Terror Attack Says Lone Wolf Attacks in America Are Next
Inquisitr article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D.…
Second ISIS Suicide Attack Team Plotting Major Attack in Turkey
Second ISIS Suicide Attack Team Plotting Major Attack was Caught June 3rd in Sanliurfa, Turkey…
Turkish Newspaper Names US General as ‘leader’ of Failed Coup Attempt
News Corp Australia Network article featuring ICSVE and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. by…
Islamic State Defectors Hold Key to Countering Group’s Recruitment
Intercept article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Murtaza Hussain - July 11, 2016…
Caliphate is still utopian ideal for defectors who fled brutality
Article published in The Times citing Dr. Anne Speckhard Many Islamic State fighters view the…
ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate
WGN TV News interview featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. July 06, 2016 This is…
How do we defeat ISIS? Less bombs, more social
Op Ed on The Hill by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. July 06, 2016 ISIS…
The best weapon to defeat ISIS: Use testimonials from disillusioned recruits who’ve defected against them
Op Ed in New York Daily News by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. July 6,…
ISIL defectors speak out to counter recruiting drive
Montreal Gazette interview of ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Catherine Solyom July 6, 2016…
Une chercheuse américaine veut combattre Daech par la propaganda
RTS Switzerland interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Ludovic Rocchi June 28, 2016…
Er füttert sie mit Gift
Der Bund news interview of ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Simone Rau und Dominique…
Die Angst vor der Radikalisierung
Neue Surcher Zeitung article about our ICSVE work by Daniel Gerny June 23, 2016 Winterthur…
This is what ISIS supporters are really like
The Statesman interview of ISCVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Jake Godin June 23, 2016
Islamist Extremism in America: Is Religion the Problem?
Voice of America quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard June 22, 2016 Islamist Extremism in America:…
The Anatomy of An ISIS Supporter
Newsy tv interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard by Jake Godin June 21, 2016 Anne…
Life with a Shooter: Science Explores Killers’ Family Lives
Live Science article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard By Kasey Deamer June 17, 2016 By Kacey…
What makes for Effective Counterterrorism?
Voice of America interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Jeff Swicord June 15,…
How Terrorists are Made
Research Gate interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Michelle Kuepper June 7, 2016…
Wrong: Donald Trump says there’s no system to vet political refugees
PolitiFact article quoting ICSVE director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Linda Qui June 13, 2016 Blaming the…
Islamist Extremism in the U.S. Getting a Closer Look
Voice of America article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Jeff Swicord June 13,…
Hold On, America; The War Is Not Over and You Have Yet to Win
“Hold On, America; The War Is Not Over and You Have Yet to Win”…
Was aus Menschen Terroristen macht
SRF radio interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Fredy Gsteiger May 10, 2016…
Alarms Raised over Safeguarding Professional Ethics in FBI proposed “Shared Responsibility Committees” addressing Potentially Radicalized Individuals
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Murky federal plans, and odd bedfellows between law enforcement and counseling professionals,…
ISIS’s Revenues include Sales of Oil to the al-Assad Regime
Huffington Post article by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. April 28, 2016 By Anne Speckhard,…
ISIS’s Revenues include Sales of Oil to the al-Assad Regime
For months now disaffected Syrian, ISIS defectors we have been interviewing in our ISIS Defectors…
Former German Soldiers Now Fighting for ISIS
A report written by the German Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) indicated that twenty-nine former German…
Indian Guru offers ISIS an Olive Branch and Receives a Photograph of a Beheaded Man in Return
In Spring of 2007 I was seated on a flight into Baghdad International Airport, on…
ISIS Sex Slave Trade in Gaziantep, Turkey
Huffington Post article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.…
The Hypnotic Power of ISIS Imagery in Recruiting Western Youth
A picture is worth a thousand words. It’s a commonly accepted piece of wisdom—one that…
The American Women of ISIS
Marie Claire article quoting ISCVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Kate Storey April 22, 2016…
What the West Really Knows about the State of ISIS
Macleans article quoting ICSVE research By Jonathon Gatehouse April 22, 2016 A billboard (R) belonging…
American ISIS Defector – Mohamad Jamal Khweis and the Threat Posed by “Clean Skin” Terrorists: Unanswered Questions and Confirmations
Huffington Post article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.…
ISIS Sex Slave Trade
ISIS Sex Slave Trade Brokered in Gaziantep, Turkey ISIS has been generating millions of dollars…
Stories of Defectors Can Provide Counter-narrative
Arab Weekly interview quoting ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Rasha Elass - April 17,…
ISIS Once Again Silences its Enemies in Turkey
Once again ISIS cadres have penetrated from Syria into Turkey and carried out an assault…
ISIS Once Again Silences its Enemies in Turkey
Security Solutions Magazine article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard,…
He’s the First U.S. ISIS Defector, Will he Become a U.S. Asset?
PRI interview quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. April 12, 2016 download "I made a…
Khalid Zerkani
Khalid Zerkani: Terrorist Instigator “He is a sorcerer… He is Satan.” Hawa Keita, an immigrant…
Mohamed Abrini Arrested in Brussels
Mohamed Abrini Arrested in Brussels: How to Stop the Flow of Europeans into the ISIS Cult…
Virginia man’s defection from ISIS poses tough choice for U.S.
Mcclatchy article by Hannah Allam quoting ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. April 7, 2016 BY…
Congressional Panel on Women and Terrorism puts Women in War on Terror’s Crosshairs
AlterNet article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard By Maya Hilel April 6, 2016 Pushing back…
Mubin Shaikh
Allahu Akbar!" [Allah is Greater!] Mubin Shaikh Called out after hearing that two planes had…
They called the boys ‘buttons’ because pushing a button would be the last thing they did
PRI radio interview featuring ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by…
ISIS Defector Reports on the Sale of Organs Harvested from ISIS-held ‘Slaves’
Huffington Post article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.…
ISIS Continues to Agitate for European Attacks
ISIS Continues to Agitate for European Attacks: Is Germany Next? ISIS has issued a statement…
Why? Pourquoi? Warum?
Do the Terrorists Who Blow Themselves Up Even Know Why they are Doing it? When…
Brussels Terrorist Attacks
Brussels Terrorist Attacks at Airport and European Parliament Brussels attacks. I was headed out to…
ISIS Recruitment of Western Women
In the past two decades I have interviewed almost five hundred terrorists, extremists, and in…
On the ground in Brussels, the author of “Talking to Terrorists” discusses the situation there
WGN Radio interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Roe Conn Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.…
Close Call for USF Leaders, Terrorism Expert in Brussels
WTSP television interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Kendra Colon March 22, 2016…
ISIS Operative Salah Abdeslam
ISIS Operative Salah Abdeslam: A Not so True-Believer Terrorist A key member of the ISIS…
American ISIS Defector
Mohamad Jamal Khweis & the Threat Posed by “Clean Skin” Terrorists: Unanswered Questions and Confirmations…
Alleged ISIS Operative and Paris Attacker
Salah Abdelslam, Found Hiding out in Molenbeek, Belgium Salah Abdelslam—believed to be one of the…
Facebook and Twitter are Losing the War against ISIS Expert Says
Sydney Morning Herald article quoting ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Matthew Hall March 12,…
Liars, Hypocrites, Defectors tell of their Disillusionment
Sydney Morning Herald article quoting research by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director,…
Deepening Wounds and Recent Gains in the Fight with ISIS in Syria
The Syrian army in recent weeks backed by Iranians, Hezbollah and Russian support, has gained…
Tunisian Foreign Fighter Uprising Inside ISIS Occurs Today in Raqqa
A huge internal fight inside ISIS occurred today in Raqqa in which two hundred members…
Taking in Refugees is Good for America
Jewish Journal article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Veronique de Rugy March 2,…
Deadly Interactions
World Policy Journal article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. From the Winter…
ISIS Defectors Interviews Project
ISIS Defectors Interviews Project U.S. State Department Foreign Press Briefing I’ve been interviewing terrorists for…
ISIS Defector Reports on Sale of organs Harvested from ISIS held “Slaves”
In February of 2015 Iraqi Ambassador, Mohamed Alhakim requested the UN Security Council to investigate…
Recruiting for Jihad the Allure of ISIS in Turkish
Voice of America Turkey article featuring the research of ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla…
The Lethal Cocktail of Terrorism
I recently returned from an interview trip in Belgium, the European country with the highest…
Islamic State Widow Shames IS Leaders
Voice of America News article by Jamie Dettmer quoting ICSVE research of Deputy Director Ahmet…
Why the Pentagon needs Psychologists
Inverse article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Sarah Sloat January 25, 2016 Psychologists…
Brides of ISIS
The Internet Seduction of Western Females into ISIS Shoot the Women First is the title…
The Current Lessons from ISIS defectors on how to fight indoctrination
CBC Radio interview of ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Anna Maria Tremonti January 05,…
“If they don’t like someone, they just behead him”: why ISIS fighters quit
Vox news article by Zack Beauchamp quoting ICSVE research of Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla…
Before and After: The Inside Story of a Hamas Suicide bomber
AU World interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Matthew Hall December 23, 2015…
Discrediting ISIS from the Inside
Using Stories from Recent ISIS Defectors - Why they Joined, What they Saw, Why they…
IŞİD Üyeleri Örgütten Kaçıyor – ISIS Members Defect from the Terrorist Organization
Voice of American Turkey article featuring the research of ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla…
Eyewitness Accounts from Recent Defectors From Islamic State: Why they Joined, What they Saw, Why they Quit
Huffington Post article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet Yayla and Director Anne Speckhard December 22,…
Islamic State Fighters flee Terror Group’s Hypocrisy, Cruelty
Voice of America article quoting ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. and ICSVE Director…
Bride of ISIS Why Women Join Jihad
Christian Broadcasting Network TV news story featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By George Thomas…
Web of Terror: Devil saying Kill Kill
Christian Broadcasting Network TV news story featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By George Thomas…
Terror: Whom to Fear
I have interviewed hundreds of terrorists and their close associates in places as far-flung as…
Mothers as Terrorists
When Mothers Kill And Die to Attain so-Called "Martyrdom" status Twenty-seven-year old Tashfeen Malik, the…
Eyewitness Accounts from Recent Defectors from Islamic State
Eyewitness Accounts from Recent Defectors from Islamic State: Why They Joined, What They Saw, Why…
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS FROM RECENT DEFECTORS FROM ISLAMIC STATE: WHY THEY JOINED, WHAT THEY SAW, WHY THEY QUIT
Abstract This Research Note reports on preliminary results of the Islamic State Interviews Project, based…
The Lure of Becoming an ISIS Bride
Samra Kesinovic, 17, and her friend Sabina Selimovic–two beautiful, young Bosnian immigrant girls who left…
The Lure of Becoming a Bride of ISIS
Huffington Post article by ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. November 24, 2015 Samra Kesinovic, 17,…
Posing as Refugees is not the Easiest Path to US for ISIS Jihadists
TribLive article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Jason Cato November 21, 2015 Islamic…
Syrians in America: How Safe is the U.S. Refugee Program
NBC article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Jon Schuppe November 19, 2015 The…
THE LONG ARM OF ISIS
ISIS READYING TO ACTIVATE AN “ALL FEMALE” SUICIDE BRIGADE?
THE HYPNOTIC POWER OF ISIS IMAGERY IN RECRUITING WESTERN YOUTH
A picture is worth a thousand words. It’s a commonly accepted piece of wisdom—one that…
ISIS Touts Baby Boom as Key to Caliphate Future
Fox News article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Hollie McKay October 12, 2015…
How Dragging our Feet on Taking in Refugees Creates More Terrorists
Op Ed in New York Times By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. September 29, 2015 THE Syrian…
Taking in Refugees Is Not a Risk to National Security
Op Ed by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. in Time September 9, 2015 Anne Speckhard…