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: The impact of trauma on radicalization and terrorist recruitment has only recently made its way into the collective psyche of counterterrorism researchers and practitioners and is still not well understood.…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: When one thinks of the recent conflicts in Syria, images of ISIS beheadings, enslavement of Yazidis and black flags flying on behalf of the establishment of the ISIS Caliphate loom…
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…