by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. As published in the Daily Beast, August 31, 2017 PDF here A teenage girl from rural Syria dreamed of becoming a doctor, but the war and the so-called Islamic State made her…
Our ICSVE research reported in the Daily Beast 8-25-2017 The little American boy, 10-year-old ‘Yusuf’ threatening Trump, is one of thousands of children indoctrinated by the so-called Islamic State ANNE SPECKHARD 08.25.17 1:10 PM ET SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq – When a…
ICSVE is proud to announce our new report by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.d. released August 21, 2017 in the Daily Beast "This report from the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism raises frightening questions about women returning from the…
by Asaad Almohammad, Ph.D., Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. PDF here Executive Summary This paper endeavors to explore the ISIS prison system, the arrest or abduction, interrogation and confession and total detention processes; as well as the…
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., & Chinara Esengul, Ph.D. Candidate PDF here Executive Summary This article reports on field research undertaken in Kyrgyzstan during November 2016. It explores radicalization to violent extremism in Kyrgyzstan in general as well as women’s roles within…
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., Grace Wakim Get the PDF Allah Akbar (meaning God is Greatest) is a colloquial expression commonly used by Muslims, especially in the Arab world, to praise God and express commitment to the religion of Islam. Muslims…
Lorand Bodo, M.A. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download PDF Introduction Telegram currently is, for a plethora of reasons, the favorite encrypted social media app employed by ISIS.[1] As such, Telegram has become the subject of deep controversies in the West.…
By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. ICSVE is proud to announce the release of The Glorious Martyrs of the Islamic State, another new video clip in the Breaking the ISIS Brand--ISIS Defectors Counter-Narrative Project, a project aimed at using ISIS…
by Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. PDF here Most experts agree that the most successful counter-messaging campaigns against ISIS are the ones that utilize the voices of insiders: the voices of ISIS victims and ISIS cadres themselves who have first-hand knowledge of…
