Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., Hawwa Abdul Raheem, Kate Strezishar, & Molly Ellenberg[1] Awareness of violent extremism and the process of radicalization has spread throughout the world in recent years, bringing to the table the importance of developing a methodology in order…
Anne Speckhard As published in The Daily Beast “You will be caught and prosecuted if you have committed crimes inside the Islamic State.” That was the strong message conveyed on Monday in the successful prosecution of Jennifer Wenisch, a German…
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/10.1080/08974454.2021.1962478 by Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg Abstract As issues of repatriations of ISIS members and their…
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…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today: The head of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria [AANES] recently announced that the authorities in northeast Syria (Rojava) will be conducting trials of the many ISIS prisoners held by…
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: While a debate rages in Europe over whether or not ISIS women and their children can be repatriated to their European home countries, some women have been taking things into…
Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in The Daily Beast : “Do you know any way to get me transferred to Camp al Hol?” asks an ISIS prisoner in a neighboring camp texting from one of the illicit phones passed around among…