Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.[1] PDF here Abu Qatada, who many have called the spiritual father of al Qaeda in Europe, is a scholar of Islam and what many might deem a terrorist instigator, or an ideologue who puts out arguments in…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. PDF here Between January 19, 2018 and January 24, 2018, a delegation of researchers and academics from the U.S. think-tanks and non-profit organizations, which also included researchers from the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism…
A professor of psychiatry and expert on terrorism explores the traumas that may have led Joshua Boyle to commit alleged assault, sexual assault, and forced confinement. ANNE SPECKHARD 01.03.18 7:12 PM ET (as published in the Daily Beast) Joshua Boyle, a 34-year-old…
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D ICSVE is proud to release its new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narratives video clip, Establishing an Islamic State. This video clip features Abu Omar, who in 2006 as a boy of age 15, joined al Qaeda…
by Fares Braizat, Ph.D., Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., & Amer Sabaileh, Ph.D. PDF here Abstract Jordan has found itself pulled into a global storm involving terrorist groups and their ideologies, with al-Nusra and ISIS operating in its current center. Equally important…
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…
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…
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…
Significance of the new video, “Advice for Martyrdom-Seekers in the West” By Ahmet S Yayla Al Qaeda has stepped out of the shadow of Islamic State, promoting its brand of terror with a new leader and a comprehensive…
By Ahmet S. Yayla & Anne Speckhard Download the PDF ISIS has been the most successful terrorist organization in history using social media and the Internet for distributing its propaganda, dissemination of its news and more importantly to communicate. There…