Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, Jesse Morton, and Alexander Ash This manuscript has been published in the Journal of Strategic Security. Introduction In recent years, there has been growing concern about the potential threat of violence, including terrorism and mass murder,…
https://youtu.be/hQEUSMk9L0U Anne Speckhard My Path Toward Jihad is the 64th counter narrative video in the ICSVE Breaking the ISIS Brand series. This video features 25-year-old Georges, a Belgian from Liege, Belgium, who was interviewed in 2018, in Liege, by Anne…
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…
The Jihad in Jordan: Drivers of Radicalization into Violent Extremism in Jordan By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Download PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It is estimated that since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, over 30,000 foreign fighters have joined Sunni…