Fighting ISIS in the Digital Space in Jordan
by Anne Speckhard & Neima Izadi PDF here With estimates of 3000 foreign fighters traveling to Syria and Iraq, Jordan had the highest per capita number of foreign fighters. In addition…
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 - The Reverse Flow of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs): Challenges for the OSCE Area and…
Who Will Rescue American Babies from ISIS?
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. When it comes to American children taken into ISIS, it seems the mother’s rights are fully respected while the rights of her innocent American children are not.…
Will ISIS Live on in Iraq?
by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published in The Hill After announcing the defeat of ISIS in Iraq, Iraq’s armed forces held celebratory parades in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, last…
Will ISIS live on in Iraq?
Op Ed in The Hill, Republished in Security Solutions BY ANNE SPECKHARD AND ARDIAN SHAJKOVCI, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS After announcing the defeat of ISIS in Iraq, Iraq’s armed forces held celebratory…
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 Extremism (ICSVE) researchers recently took part in Department of Defense (DOD - CENTCOM) and Iraqi…
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, PhD., & Ahmet S. Yayla, PhD. Abstract Many of the 38,000 foreign fighters ISIS has…
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 a last stand. They “think” Baghdadi’s alive there. But he could be long gone. ANNE…
Why is YouTube undercutting anti-ISIS efforts?
ICSVE covered in Op Ed in Washington Examiner by Michael Rubin | October 25, 2017 It's a well-known fact: Islamist radicals and terrorists recruit online, and they do it masterfully.…
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 efforts and loss of human lives on the part of western governments against terrorist groups…