Anne Speckhard, Maha Ghazi and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today YouTube, first online in 2005, was one of the earliest social media platforms used by terrorist organizations to spread their propaganda. Although many such groups have used YouTube…
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…
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…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: Samantha Elhassani, an American woman from the state of Indiana, was sentenced last week in federal court for having transported tens of thousands of dollars in cash, gold, and jewelry…
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/10.1080/19434472.2020.1839118. by Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg Abstract The present study is a targeted analysis of in-depth…
Anne Speckhard and Mona Thakker As published in Homeland Security Today: As the ISIS foreign women languish in the overcrowded Syrian Democratic Forces [SDF] administered camps of Al Roj and Al Hol housing without adequate and regular access to health care,…
Anne Speckhard, Mona Thakker and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: In the past weeks, foreign ISIS women held in custody in the northeast Syrian region controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who were for the most part…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: At the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism [ICSVE], we have explored the implications of repatriating foreign terrorist fighters [FTFs] through the lenses of ISIS children, women, and fighters. We…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: “Coming to ISIS was the best deradicalization I could have.” Bouchra Abouallal, age 26, Belgian ISIS wife The ISIS “Caliphate” at its apex managed to attract approximately 40,000 foreign terrorist…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] is notorious for its slick propaganda videos and effectiveness at online recruitment, particularly on social media, of men and women all over…