PDF here by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Director, ICSVE and Non-Resident Fellow of Trends & Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D. Director of Research/Senior Research Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) During the 2016 campaign and in the early months…
Asaad Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF The use of drones by terrorist organizations has been documented for over a decade [[1],[2], & [3]]. During November 2004, Hezbollah used Mirsad-1, an Iranian made drone, for reconnaissance over…
by Asaad H. Almohammad, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF Before deploying sources to collect information on the roles and functions of women in ISIS-held territories, a number of Syrian women rights activists were contacted. Approaching any topic that…
Lorand Bodo, M.A. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download the PDF As ISIS is rapidly losing its territory in Syria and Iraq they continue to win on the digital battlefield, maintaining a strong recruiting presence in the digital space[1]. As ISIS…
By: Allison McDowell-Smith, Ph.D., Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. as published in the Journal of Deradicalization (PDF here) Abstract ISIS recruits on a 24/7 basis in over 21 languages over the Internet using videos, memes, tweets and…
by Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. and Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Like every other recent technological advancement, commercial aerial drones entered to our daily lives swiftly for a variety of practical uses. Drones have become widely available and fairly inexpensive over the…
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Grace Wakim “The Chechen fighter next to me shot and killed an old man who was walking toward us with two baskets,” shared a recently interviewed ISIS returnee imprisoned in the Balkans in our ISIS…
