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Self-reported psychiatric disorder and perceived psychological symptom rates among involuntary celibates (incels) and their perceptions of mental health treatment

February 16, 2022
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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/10.1080/19434472.2022.2029933 By Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg ABSTRACT This study explores the prevalence of self-reported formal diagnoses…

Influence, Authoritarianism, and Cults

February 16, 2022
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ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Dr. Steven Hassan, Cult Expert Dr. Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE February 15th, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAGh_NR-MuY What is mind control, and how does it happen? Cults and the ways that they control their members have been the subject…

Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Sweden

February 3, 2022
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ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Ragnus Ranstorp, Research Director, Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies Swedish National Defence College, Stockholm Dr. Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE February 2nd, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdtIVpxOwUc Militant jihadism in Scandinavia is often overlooked, and yet approximately 300 people from…

Women’s Involvement in Countering Violent Extremism and Recruitment to Terrorism in the Maldives

January 24, 2022
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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…

The English Voice of ISIS Speaks Out Against the Group

December 31, 2021
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Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today Mohammed Khalifa, also known as Abu Ridwan al-Kanadi, made headlines in 2019 when he was identified as the man who provided the English voiceovers for ISIS’s propaganda videos. Khalifa recently…

How Can We Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism in the Military?

December 1, 2021
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ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Todd Helmus, RAND Corporation TM Garret, ICSVE Molly Ellenberg, ICSVE Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE December 1, 2021 This event was held live via Zoom https://youtu.be/th9K6NiOPfs In February of 2021, Secretary of Defense Austin announced an increased focus…

Is It Possible To Deradicalise Extremists?

November 29, 2021
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Nov 12, 2021 GBN News 'Nobody joins a terrorist group unless they're getting something out of it.' Dr Anne Speckhard says 'of course you can' deradicalise extremists.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1QQzK2MwX8&t=2s

WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO

November 29, 2021
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Nov 12, 2021 Fighting ISIS & The Taliban Shereen Siewert welcomes Wausau native Anne Speckhard, one of the world’s top experts on international terrorism and the psychology of terrorists, to discuss her latest work with ISIS defectors and the spread…

STRAIGHT TALK AFRICA

November 29, 2021
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Fighting Terrorism in Africa On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams discusses the possible shift in the terrorism hotspots on the African continent. Her guests include Vanda Felbab-Brown, co-director of the Africa Security Initiative at Brookings Institute,…

The Challenge of Extremism in the Military Is Not Going Away Without a New Perspective

November 17, 2021
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Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, and TM Garret As published in Military Times This piece is excerpted and adapted from a larger research publication, which can be found here. In February of 2021, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that the U.S. military…