By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D., & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. Abstract In the struggle against ISIS and the so-called Islamic State, the United States and its allies continue to achieve significant military victories, as evidenced by the ongoing efforts to liberate…
by Stefanie Mitchell Sitting here in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan with my friend, I can’t help but feel deeply embarrassed. The federal court’s ruling against the Trump Administration’s ill-conceived Muslim travel ban is a saving grace, and may…
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Lorand Bodo “Trump is the perfect enemy bc [because] the hypocrites can no longer deny that the U.S. is darul harb [the land at war with Islam],” an ISIS supporter writes on Facebook in response…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. As ISIS is rapidly being defeated on the Syrian and Iraqi battlefield, it continues radicalizing and recruiting in full force on the Internet. The so called “Islamic State” has thus far with unprecedented success among any other…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Stefanie Mitchell Daily gains against ISIS in Iraq and the imminent fall of Mosul signal the end of ISIS held territory in Iraq, however, writing in 2017, from Erbil, the conflict here appears as clearly sectarian,…
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. Thirty-eight ISIS defectors from Syria, Western Europe, and the Balkans interviewed over the last year in our ISIS Defectors Interviews Project reported about life inside ISIS and their reasons for ultimately…
Grace Wakim and Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. While, Mosul, the last stronghold of ISIS is being assaulted, ISIS is holding the people of Mosul hostage. Many military forces are fighting their way through the city to liberate it but each is…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. The New York city explosion this week—injuring at least twenty-nine—and discovery of a second device found blocks away, rocked the city as it set off alarms and questions about whether or not New York had suffered another…
