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Anne Speckhard discusses Violence from Election Deniers

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Identifying The Threat Within – Session 2

How to Identify Extremism in Your Community Virtual Online Training Series for Police Leaders- -…

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Identifying The Threat Within – Session 1

How to Identify Extremism in Your Community Virtual Online Training Series for Police Leaders -…

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White Supremacists Speak: Recruitment, Radicalization & Experiences of Engaging and Disengaging from Hate Groups

Download this report here. Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, and TM Garret Executive Summary The following…

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The Law Doesn’t Apply to Me

The Spread of the Sovereign Citizen Movement Around The World ICSVE Guest Research Report Dr. Christine…

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INCEL TERROR THREAT

Mar 16, 2022, GBN News "There is a lot of evidence of systemic radicalization to…

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Islamic Arguments Against Militant Jihadist Terrorism

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Usama Hasan, Senior Analyst, Extremism Policy UnitTony Blair Institute for Global…

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Breaking the Walls: The Threat of ISIS Resurgence and the Repercussions on Social Media & in the Syrian ISIS Women’s Camps of the Recent ISIS Attack on al Sina Prison

Mona Thakkar & Anne Speckhard Syria's North Eastern province  of Al Hasakah where ten thousand…

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Boko Haram Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Nigeria

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Maji Peterx Major General (Retired) Bamidele Mattew Shafa Dr. Anne Speckhard,…

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

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behavioral…

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Influence, Authoritarianism, and Cults

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Dr. Steven Hassan, Cult Expert Dr. Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE February…

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Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in Sweden

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Ragnus Ranstorp, Research Director, Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies Swedish National…

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

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Todd Helmus, RAND Corporation TM Garret, ICSVE Molly Ellenberg, ICSVE Anne…

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Is It Possible To Deradicalise Extremists?

Nov 12, 2021 GBN News 'Nobody joins a terrorist group unless they're getting something out…

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WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO

Nov 12, 2021 Fighting ISIS & The Taliban Shereen Siewert welcomes Wausau native Anne Speckhard,…

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STRAIGHT TALK AFRICA

Fighting Terrorism in Africa On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams discusses…

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Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Project Europe 2021

A Training Manual Authors: Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.Molly Ellenberg, M.A.Sheik Ali This manual contains the video…

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Women in Preventing And Countering Violent Extremism

A Training Manual Author: Anne Speckhard In recent years, violent extremist activities have escalated dramatically.…

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ICSVE’s TM Garret in the Jerusalem Post

Former Neo-Nazi and KKK member turned extremism researcher – a ‘convert’ in every sense of…

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Repatriating the ISIS Children with Ambassador Galbraith

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Retired Ambassador Peter Galbraith Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE September 14, 2021  …

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ISIS Repatriations in North Macedonia

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Marija Mihajloska Jankulovska, Executive Secretary of the Inter-Agency Working Group on…

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Five Years of Airstrikes: Turkish Aggression and International Silence in Sinjar, 2017-2021

- includes an Original Dataset Amy Austin Holmes, Diween Hawezy & Brett Cohen In December…

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White Supremacists Speak: ICSVE’s Latest Research Report

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Jeff Schoep, Beyond Barriers TM Garret, CHANGE Molly Ellenberg, Research Fellow…

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Interventions for White Supremacists

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Jeff Schoep, Beyond Barriers TM Garret, CHANGE Daryl Davis, Author of…

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Childhood Abuse, Military Service, and White Supremacism

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Sean Gillespie, Former National Guardsman, Former Member of the Aryan Nations…

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Professor Arie Kruglanski and the Three Pillars of Radicalization

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Dr. Arie Kruglanski, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland Anne Speckhard,…

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Understanding Q-Anon

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Steve Hassan, Expert on Cults Michael Barkun, Expert on Conspiracy Theories…

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Asking Incels: An Insiders Account of the Involuntary Celibate Community

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Naama Kates, Producer of Incel Podcast Alexander Ash, Administrator of Incels.co…

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The Journey Back – Turning Away from Extremism and the Road to Hope and Healing

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Jeff Schoep, Former Leader National Socialist Movement Daryl Davis, Counter-radicalization and…

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ICSVE and Parallel Networks Team Up to Fight Violent Extremism

ICSVE and Parallel Networks Merger Launch Event Note: The merger between ICSVE and Parallel Networks…

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Rescue Me: A Conversation with the Yamout Sisters re Prison Rehabilitation

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Maya Yamout, Rescue Me Nancy Yamout, Rescue Me Anne Speckhard, Director…

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Are We Losing a Valuable Feminist Project in the Middle East?

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Ambassador Peter Galbraith Sinam Mohamad, Syrian Democratic Council Representative to the…

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Community-Focused Interventions Against Terrorism

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring: Abdul Haqq, Director STREET UK Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE The event…

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Terrorism Prevention, Intervention, and Rehabilitation with Juveniles

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Peta Lowe, Phronesis Consulting and Training Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE This event…

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Talking Terrorist Propaganda with a Pro

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring: Jesse Morton Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE 11:00 AM EST August 19th,…

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Fighting ISIS Online: An Introduction to Breaking the ISIS Brand

https://youtu.be/FKq_hg7Gy3A ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE Zack Baddorf, ICSVE Director of Visual…

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Into and Back Out of ISIS: An ISIS Defector Speaks Out

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring: Oliver N.; Moussa Al-Hassan Diaw - Director DERAD, Austria; and Anne…

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Terrorist Rehabilitation in the Dutch Prison System

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Yola Wanders, Former Director of the High Security Prison in Vught…

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Can We Repatriate the ISIS Children?

ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Ambassador Peter Galbraith, Beatrice Erikson, and Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrVFm5c9YM…

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Can an ISIS Terrorist be Rehabilitated and Reintegrated into Society?

This panel discussion was held on June 10, 2020, from 11am-12:30pm Eastern. https://youtu.be/PC-CKWCGS4c Read a…

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Issues of ISIS Prisoners & Repatriations in a Time of COVID

Chat Log: 11:29:44  From Tahir B : What was going through your head when you…

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ICSVE – Europe – Dutch Federal Police Training Event

ICSVE – Europe, in cooperation with Stephen van den Bosch presiding, held a training for…

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Stopping the Next London Bridge Attack: How to Reduce Risks Posed by Terror Parolees

As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard This past week a deadly stabbing attack…

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British-Born Jack Letts Discusses Mental Illness and His Path to ISIS

As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard “I used to want to [explode myself]…

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ICSVE’s Anne Speckhard on Public Radio International

Listen on PRI's The World Turkey says it's beginning to deport ISIS members held in…

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Is Turkey Fueling a New Jihad in Northeast Syria?

As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard With the October 9th Turkish onslaught…

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Syria’s Budding Democracy Is Being Destroyed, But It’s Not Too Late To Save It

As published in The Daily Caller: by Anne Speckhard Over the past two years I’ve…

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Baghdadi Just Confirmed ISIS ‘Martyrdom’ Narrative, Ensuring ISIS Will Live

As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard To ISIS supporters around the globe,…

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An ISIS Bride on the Run

By Anne Speckhard As published in Homeland Security Today: President Trump had only days earlier…

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Imprisoned ISIS Wives and Children Have Nowhere to Run To, Nowhere to Hide

As the Turks and Syrians close in from opposite directions, these women and their children…

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“Fake News” and the Trump Betrayal of our Kurdish Allies

by Anne Speckhard Athens: On October 9th, 2019, with a “nod” from President Trump—given via…

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ICSVE’s Dr. Anne Speckhard on BBC: US allows Turkish Incursion into SDF Territory

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Kurds Have Been Preparing for Trump’s Betrayal—With a Vengeance

As published in the Daily Beast by Anne Speckhard Late Sunday night in Washington, the…

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Who Are the ISIS Fighters in Custody, and How Can They Be Repatriated?

As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci BERLIN: Turkey is…

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SDF Needs Our Help Now as Another Woman in Camp Hol Killed by ISIS Enforcers

As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci One woman was…

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Waiting for the Return of the Islamic State Caliphate among ISIS Enforcers in al Hol, Ain Issa and Roj Camps in Syria

As published in Homeland Security Today: By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci ROJAVA, Syria - “When…

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Perspective: Trump’s Warning to Europe Accentuates Need for Countries to Repatriate ISIS Detainees

As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci “We have thousands…

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With International Help, SDF Can Lead in Prepping ISIS Fighters for Prosecution, Rehabilitation

As published in Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci ICSVE were invited experts speaking…

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Seeking an Islamic State Ruled by Shariah Law

by Anne Speckhard Seeking an Islamic State Ruled by Shariah is the 121rst counter narrative…

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Walking the Path of the Islamic State Caliphate

Walking the Path of the Islamic State Caliphate is the 162nd counter narrative video in…

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Enacting Western Justice in Regard to Western ISIS Cadres, their Spouses and Children

As published by Homeland Security Today: by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci The problem of…

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The ISIS ‘Honey Trap’ to Catch Recruiter Deso Dogg and the Rogue FBI Translator

As published in Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci Of all the love…

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Marrying over the Internet into the Islamic State

by Anne Speckhard Interpreting Scriptures in the Islamic State Caliphate is the 109th counter narrative…

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If you Come to al Shabaab, Your Sins will be Forgiven

by Anne Speckhard If you Come to al Shabaab, Your Sins will be Forgiven is…

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Studying the Art of War in al Shabaab

by Anne Speckhard Studying the Art of War in al Shabaab is the 115th counter…

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Interpreting Scriptures in the Islamic State Caliphate

by Anne Speckhard Interpreting Scriptures in the Islamic State Caliphate is the 108th counter narrative video…

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ISIS Fighter Claims Attack Plot Via Mexico, Underscoring Border Vulnerability

As published in Homeland Security Today By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci The vulnerability of…

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Seeking an Islamic Life in al Shabaab

by Anne Speckhard Seeking an Islamic Life in al Shabaab is the 112th counter narrative video…

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Is Iran Testing Trump With Little Attacks in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Persian Gulf?

As published in The Daily Beast by Dr. Anne Speckhard and Dr. Ardian Shajkovci BAGHDAD—The sound…

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Real Voices from the Caliphate Talk Back to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi

As published in Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci “You hear rumors,…

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Alexanda Kotey: A Monster Made in Syria?

As published by Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci ROJAVA, Syria: “I…

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ICSVE’s Anne Speckhard on BBC World News

ICSVE's Anne Speckhard appears on BBC World News to discuss the terrorist attacks in Sri…

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World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa

ICSVE's Dr. Anne Speckhard spoke at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and…

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Terror in Sri Lanka

https://youtu.be/EXecBNPif3w ICSVE's Dr. Anne Speckhard appears on CNN discussing the terror attacks in Sri Lanka.

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ISIS Claims the Easter Sunday Bombings in Sri Lanka. Here’s Why We Should Have Seen Them Coming.

As published at Daily Beast. by Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci The Islamic State terror…

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Born in America, Hoda Muthana Shares her Story of Joining and Escaping From the Islamic State Caliphate

As Published in Homeland Security Today by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci ROJAVA, Syria: The…

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ICSVE Intervention on the Issue of ISIS Children Returning Home at the OSCE Wide Counter Terrorism Conference

The OSCE wide Counter Terrorism Conference - Taking Stock of Efforts to Prevent and Counter Terrorism…

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The ISIS Spy Who Saved Baghdad from 30 Bombing Missions and Fortune Teller who Helped Trap an ISIS Leader

As published in Homeland Security Today: By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci BAGHDAD:  In both…

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Children of ISIS Mothers Are Dying in Front of their Eyes in Detention Camps

As published in Homeland Security Today Four children, one the newborn of ISIS joiner Shamima…

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The ISIS Ambassador to Turkey

By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published in Homeland Security Today In the complicated…

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The Jihad in Kenya: Understanding Al-Shabaab Recruitment and Terrorist Activity inside Kenya—in Their Own Words

As published in African Security Somalia has been a hotspot for terrorism and instability since…

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ICSVE Concerns for the Welfare of a Newborn Child of a Detained Former ISIS Member

This is a letter sent to the government in response to a request of Dr.…

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Terrorists’ Use of Drones Promises to Extend Beyond Caliphate Battles

As published in Homeland Security Today By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci Unmanned and remote…

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Is ISIS still Alive and Well on the Internet?

As published in Homeland Security Today Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci With the collapse of the so-called “Islamic State” in…

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Brothers of the Caliphate

https://youtu.be/JMQa4GaQoho Brothers of the Caliphate is the 106th counter narrative video in the ICSVE Breaking the ISIS…

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Terror tots: Horror as experts reveal up to HALF-A-MILLION children recruited by ISIS

Article citing Anne Speckhard THE Islamic State has managed to radicalise up to half a…

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Amman Forum

On Oct. 9, 2018 Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled “Breaking the ISIS…

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Kenya CVE Conference

On Oct. 16, 2018, Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled “Breaking the Terrorist…

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UAE Conference

On Nov. 26, 2018, Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled “Breaking the ISIS…

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National Police Unit: The Hague

Mirjam Parre, MSc, gave a keynote address entitled “Preventing / Countering Violent Extremism” at the…

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UK Prevent Conference

On June 18, 2018, Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled "Breaking the ISIS…

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Astana Conference

On Dec. 6, 2018, Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled “Breaking the ISIS…

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Born in Belgium, raised in ISIS: ‘I want to come home’

ICSVE article originally published in Washington Examiner
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Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OCSE)’s Reverse Flow of Foreign Fighters Conference

On May 11, 2018 Dr. Anne Speckhard gave a keynote address entitled "Organization for Security…

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The roles of women in supporting, joining, intervening in and preventing violent extremism in Sandjak

Analysis of the Drivers of Violent Extremism in the Sandjaregionwith a Focus on Women’s Roles,…

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Challenges of Radicalization to Violent Extremism in Europe and Beyond – an ICSVE-EU and Beyond the Horizons Event

Watch the event trailer here: https://youtu.be/W2ZdlGCdLAI Watch ICSVE's Director, Anne Speckhard's speech here: https://youtu.be/KgQuKLtSNuI Photos…

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Prison – Militant Jihadist Recruiting Grounds or Refuge for Rehabilitation?

by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci As published in Homeland Security Today It is often argued…

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Engaging English Speaking Facebook Users in an Anti-ISIS Awareness Campaign

Anne Speckhard, Ardian Shajkovci, Claire Wooster & Neima Izadi ABSTRACT This article reports on The International Center…

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PERSPECTIVE: Debating the Use of ISIS Counter-Narratives in the Heart of Europe

Historically speaking, compelling narratives and messages have always served as a crucial means for violent…

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Breaking the ISIS Brand: Understanding Trajectories into and out of Terrorism and Using Counter-Messaging to Prevent and Intervene in Terrorism and Violent Extremism

On behalf of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE), we are…

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ICSVE Director, Dr. Anne Speckhard, featured on CJOB Radio

Listen to Dr. Anne Speckhard discuss motivations for joining militant jihad, deradicalization, the detention of…

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ICSVE’s UNGA Side Event: Training Tools and the Use of Counter Narratives in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism

Video recording of the live streaming of our ICSVE event from the Grand Hyatt Hotel,…

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Saudi Arabia, UAE ‘lead way in fighting terror ideology’

ICSVE covered and Anne Speckhard quoted in article from Arab News By: CALINE MALEK Former…

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FIGHTING ISIS ON FACEBOOK – BREAKING THE ISIS BRAND COUNTER-NARRATIVES PROJECT

ICSVE research paper featured in Vox-Pol By Anne Speckhard, Ardian Shajkovci & Lorand Bodo This blog…

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Boys Without Fathers and the Islamic State

ICSVE Video, “Joining the Cubs of the Caliphate” covered by The Clarion Project BY MEIRA SVIRSKY Sunday,…

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Aiming for Paradise with the Cubs of the Caliphate

Aiming for Paradise with the Cubs of the Caliphate features 18-year-old Abu Yousef, a Syrian…

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The Real Jihad

The Real Jihad  features 25-year-old Abu Hamza, a Syrian from Deir ez-Zor interviewed in 2016 in…

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Rules of the Islamic State

Rules of the Islamic State is the 29th counter narrative video in the ICSVE Breaking the ISIS…

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The Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Project

Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ardian Shajkovci, Ph.D. PDF here This paper was originally presented at…

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Mother’s Deadly Day: She Blew Up Herself and Her Two Girls to Murder Christians

ICSVE article in The Daily Beast The deadly attacks during Sunday services in Indonesia were…

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Who Will Rescue American Babies From ISIS?

Op Ed in The Daily Beast When it comes to American children taken into ISIS,…

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My Journey Towards Jihad – ICSVE’s new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Video Clip

Our video “My Journey Towards Jihad” featured as an article on Defence & Intelligence Norway…

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Jordanians continue to struggle with jihadist threats

ICSVE research mentioned/referenced in The Arab Weekly Jordan forbids foreign fighters from returning and more…

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Will ISIS Live on in Iraq?

by Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci as published in The Hill After announcing the defeat…

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Inside the ISIS Terror Plot to Kill U.S. Diplomats in Colombia

Anne Speckhard quoted in The Daily Beast What caused a Cuban national to join up…

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Rewards of Joining the Islamic State – ICSVE’s new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Video

Our video, “Rewards of Joining the Islamic State” featured as an article on Defence &…

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Will ISIS live on in Iraq?

Op Ed in The Hill, Republished in Security Solutions BY ANNE SPECKHARD AND ARDIAN SHAJKOVCI,…

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BREAKING THE ISIS BRAND COUNTER-NARRATIVES – PART II: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN FIGHTING ISIS ONLINE

ICSVE research paper republished/featured in Vox-Pol By Anne Speckhard & Ardian Shajkovci Last week’s Blog…

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Defected from ISIS or Simply Returned, and for How Long?

ICSVE research paper featured in Security Solutions by Anne Speckhard Challenges for the West in…

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Determining Youth Radicalization in Jordan

ICSVE research paper featured in Security Solutions by Anne Speckhard Following the November 2015 Paris…

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Qatar and the Terrorism Blame Game

ICSVE research paper featured in Security Solutions by Anne Speckhard Between January 19, 2018 and…

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Wanted Dead or Alive: The Frustrating, Failing Hunt for ISIS Leader Baghdadi

Op Ed in The Daily Beast by Anne Speckhard and Ardian Shajkovci Americans and Russians…

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Rage, pain and grief: Can former hostages return to normal?

Anne Speckhard interviewed by The Ottawa Citizen Psychologist Anne Speckhard is an expert on PTSD,…

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Joshua Boyle Charged With Assault: Was He Re-Enacting the Traumas of Taliban Captivity?

Op Ed in The Daily Beast A professor of psychiatry and expert on terrorism explores…

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Terrormiliz IS evakuiertihre “Eliten”

ICSVE cited in article in WDR by Von Georg Heil

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How do you Deprogram a Country After ISIS is Defeated?

ICSVE article published in The Daily Beast and republished in Security Solutions BAGHDAD—We arrived here…

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Videos of IS defectors used to expose truth about terrorism

ICSVEs Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narratives Project covered on Free Malaysia Today Zam Yusa -December…

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Why is YouTube undercutting anti-ISIS efforts?

ICSVE covered in Op Ed in Washington Examiner by Michael Rubin | October 25, 2017…

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Will Family Held Hostage by the Taliban Ever Recover?

Op Ed in The Daily Beast by Anne Speckhard Coleman endured rape, the murder of…

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CUBS OF THE CALIPHATE

Online article on Vice, covering an HBO Documentary, “Cubs of the Caliphate.” Anne Speckhard quotedOnline…

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My Brother, the Martyr for Islamic State

By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. "My Brother, the Martyr for Islamic State" is ICSVE's newly released video in…

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Beware the Women of ISIS: There Are Many, and They May Be More Dangerous Than the Men

ICSVE article published in The Daily Beast and republished in Security Solutions (in two parts…

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TERRORISM – MAKING READY RECRUITS FOR VIOLENCE

ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard Interview on Terrorism - Making Ready Recruits for Violence Dr. Anne…

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Governments need to Address Anger Among Potential Terror Recruits, Nato conference told

Dr. Speckhard quoted in article By: Caline Malek – The National Speakers at the StratCom…

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“Radical Islamic Terrorists”: How is President Trump doing in his first 100 days in Office?​

ICSVE article originally published in The Changing International Order by Trends Research and Advisory
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Terrorists’ love for Telegram, explained

Ahmet Yayla cited in Vox article By Rebecca Tan Terrorism and intelligence experts have known for…

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Upfront special: Is it over for ISIL?

Dr. Yayla featured on Aljazeera debate We debate whether ISIL can be defeated, where their…

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Summer of Terror Approaches: What to Do to Counter Martyrdom Attacks?

  By Ahmet S Yayla   A series of Salafist, jihadi terrorist attacks erupting at…

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Exclusive Analysis: Al Qaeda Makes Its Move With A Video Primer By Hamza Bin Laden

Dr. Yayla in Homeland Security Today Al Qaeda has stepped out of the shadow of…

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Telegram: The mighty application that ISIS loves

by Ahmet S. Yayla & Anne Speckhard Republished by Vox-Pol in two parts - Part…

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Confronting an ISIS Emir: ICSVE’s Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter-Narrative Videos​

ICSVE research republished in Security Solutions By Anne Speckhard -June 6, 2017 Most experts agree that the…

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ExpertinüberSuizid-Attentäter: “AlswärensieimDrogenrausch”

Article by Eva Winroither - Die Presse citing Anne Speckhard Terrorismus-Expertin Anne Speckhard hat für…

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Should The West Forgive ISIS Returnees?

Among the penitent are potential time bombs. ICSVE cited in Commentary Magazine article For many…

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ICSVE’s New “Breaking the ISIS Brand” Video Clip – The Promises of ad-Dawlah to Women

ICSVE research republished in Security Solutions By John Bigelow -May 5, 2017 By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Laura…

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The Promises of ad-Dawlah to Women

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How to Break the ISIS Brand

Anne Speckhard, Allison McDowell Smith and Ardian Shajkovci published at East West Institute The EastWest…

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Remote control terror’ Why ISIS claims over Khalid Masood murders pose biggest threat yet

ICSVE cited in article in Express PRO-ISLAMIC State forums are among the most horrific places…

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Former foreign minister warns terrorism can’t be stopped if there is a refusal to ‘do God’

ICSVE cited by David Williamson in Wales Online Kim Howells argues the religious ideas behind…

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Sick ISIS posts celebrates ‘blessed London attack’ with ‘Allahu Akbar’ next to horrific photos of the attack Rebecca Taylor

ICSVE cited in Daily Mail Messages from an ISIS telegram channel show people celebrating the…

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Defectors Denounce ISIS Narratives in New ICSVE Project

ICSVE work featured by Club de Madrid A project recently launched by the International Center…

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19th Asian Security Conference amid India’s security inconsistencies

ICSVE cited in Malaysia Sun By: Col Anil Bhat, VSM (Retd.) New Delhi [India], Mar.…

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Trump’s immigration ban is counter productive in war on terror

Anne Speckhard published Op Ed in the Hill My neighbor is a Syrian refugee. Frankly,…

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Breaking the ISIS Brand. 19th Asian Security Conference – Combating Terrorism: Evolving an Asian Response

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB_AixFA9z0 Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. -Defence Studies and Analyses

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Women’s roles in terrorism and women fighting back

Dr. Speckhard, republished by VoxPol By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. On International Women’s Day it seems important…

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To Some, President Trump is the Dajaal

Anne Speckhard & Lorand Bodo, Republished in On Faith “Trump is the perfect enemy bc…

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Are you with us or against us?

Anne Speckhard, republished in OnFaith The White House reported in a press conference yesterday that…

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ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate

The following review was graciously submitted to Narrative Exploration by Dr. Karl Kaltenthaler; published on…

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What Do ISIS Women Want?

ICSVE cited by Michael Rubin in Commentary What motivates women to join what on its…

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17 policiers radicalisés recensés entre 2012 et 2015 à Paris

ICSVE cited in L’Express Dans leur livre, Où sont passés nos espions?, des journalistes révèlent une…

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Turkish Investigation Into New Year’s Attack Focuses on Central Asians

ICSVE cited by Kasim Cindemir in Voice of America Turkish authorities have rounded up dozens…

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Seven Promises of ISIS to its Female Recruits

Louisa Tarras-Wahlberg Abstract Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011 close to…

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The ISIS Istanbul Reina Night Club Attack: A Lesson in What Happens when One Invites Cannibals to Dinner

By Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.   ISIS attacked again in Turkey,…

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Is deradicaliserenmogelijk?

Anne Speckhard interview with VRT deredactie.be

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The Roles of Women in Supporting, Joining, Intervening in and Preventing Violent Extremism in Sandjak

Analysis of the Drivers of Violent Extremism in the Sandjak region with a Focus on…

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Defeating ISIS on the Battle Ground as well as in the Online Battle Space: Considerations of the “New Normal” and Available Online Weapons in the Struggle Ahead

Journal of Strategic Security  Volume 9 Number 4 Volume 9, No. 4, Special Issue Winter Article 2…

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ISIS’s New Threat: Possible Use of WMDs

By Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Days before the coalition forces began…

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Portrait of Turkey’s ISIS Leader Halis Bayancuk: Alias Abu Hanzala

By Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D.   Halis Bayancuk is the leader of ISIS in Turkey.…

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THE BATTLE WITH ISIS-ARE WE WINNING?

Podcast episode with Anne Speckhard During the 2016 campaign and in the early days of…

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Great Reviews Appearing for ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate adapted for the stage in Zwang des Materials

Paderborn, Germany—artistic director, Katharina Kreuzhage, adapts the book ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist…

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Theater meets Real Life with the ISIS Defectors Interviews Project

Theater meets Real Life with the ISIS Defectors Interviews Project   Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. &…

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Turkey’s July Coup Attempt: “A Gift from God” to a new Authoritarianism

House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats HEARING ON TURKEY AFTER THE…

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ISIS’s No. 2 is dead: What it means to the West

By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D., contributors Featured in http://thehill.com/ http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/homeland-security/294523-isis-number-two-is-dead-what-it-means-to-the-west   Abu…

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Homegrown ISIS Inspired and Directed Terror Attacks—the New Normal?

Homegrown ISIS Inspired and Directed Terror Attacks—the New Normal?   Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Ahmet…

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No Coincidences in Terrorist Attacks

No Coincidences in Terrorist Attacks By Dr. Ahmet S. Yayla and Dr. Anne Speckhard ISIS…

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Le Pacte secret de la Turquie avec ISIS exposé par les membres qui sont derrière la vague d’attaques de l’État islamique

Article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. By…

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Những phần tử khủng bố được hình thành như thế nào?

Article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. July 26, 2016

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Turkish tabloid accuses US Army General of orchestrating the failed coup – a move which could put Americans in the country at risk

Daily Mail article featuring ICSVE and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. by Alexandra Genova…

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Tyrkias nære forhold til IS og bløffen om «krigen mot IS»

Article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. Av Pål…

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ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate Book Launch

ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate Book Launch   Please see our  ISIS Defectors:…

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Living with Fear in the Age of Terrorism

News Corp Australia Network article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet…

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ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate

Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. & Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. speaking at New America, July 22, 2016…

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Turkey’s Secret Pact with Islamic State Exposed by Operative Behind Wave of ISIS Attacks

INSURGE intelligence article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla,…

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Turkey’s failed coup: A victory for ISIS

Op ed in The Hill by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet…

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Turkey, Erdogan, and the Coup that Wasn’t

World Policy Journal article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. By Ahmet S.…

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Nice terror attack Islamic State terror call targets Australia

News Corp Australia Network article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet…

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Vile Islamic State propaganda video urged followers to ‘fill your cars with gas’ and for attacks in European cities and Australia just weeks before the Nice terror attack

Daily Mail article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla,…

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Truck Driver Identified in Bastille Day Attack in Nice

Gawker article referring to the ICSVE research by Brendan O'Connor - July 15, 2016 The…

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Islamic State Says fill Your Cars with Gas as Terror Call Targets Australia

Coercion Code article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla,…

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Islamic State Urged Vehicular Attacks Weeks Before Nice Terror Attack Says Lone Wolf Attacks in America Are Next

Inquisitr article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D.…

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Turkish Newspaper Names US General as ‘leader’ of Failed Coup Attempt

News Corp Australia Network article featuring ICSVE and Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. by…

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Islamic State Defectors Hold Key to Countering Group’s Recruitment

Intercept article featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Murtaza Hussain - July 11, 2016…

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ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate

WGN TV News interview featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. July 06, 2016 This is…

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How do we defeat ISIS? Less bombs, more social

Op Ed on The Hill by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. July 06, 2016 ISIS…

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The best weapon to defeat ISIS: Use testimonials from disillusioned recruits who’ve defected against them

Op Ed in New York Daily News by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. July 6,…

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ISIL defectors speak out to counter recruiting drive

Montreal Gazette interview of ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Catherine Solyom July 6, 2016…

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Une chercheuse américaine veut combattre Daech par la propaganda

RTS Switzerland interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Ludovic Rocchi June 28, 2016…

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Er füttert sie mit Gift

Der Bund news interview of ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Simone Rau und Dominique…

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Die Angst vor der Radikalisierung

Neue Surcher Zeitung article about our ICSVE work by Daniel Gerny June 23, 2016 Winterthur…

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This is what ISIS supporters are really like

The Statesman interview of ISCVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Jake Godin June 23, 2016

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Islamist Extremism in America: Is Religion the Problem?

Voice of America quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard June 22, 2016 Islamist Extremism in America:…

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The Anatomy of An ISIS Supporter

Newsy tv interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard by Jake Godin June 21, 2016 Anne…

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Life with a Shooter: Science Explores Killers’ Family Lives

Live Science article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard By Kasey Deamer June 17, 2016 By Kacey…

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What makes for Effective Counterterrorism?

Voice of America interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Jeff Swicord June 15,…

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How Terrorists are Made

Research Gate interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Michelle Kuepper June 7, 2016…

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Wrong: Donald Trump says there’s no system to vet political refugees

PolitiFact article quoting ICSVE director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. Linda Qui June 13, 2016 Blaming the…

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Islamist Extremism in the U.S. Getting a Closer Look

Voice of America article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Jeff Swicord June 13,…

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Hold On, America; The War Is Not Over and You Have Yet to Win

  “Hold On, America; The War Is Not Over and You Have Yet to Win”…

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Was aus Menschen Terroristen macht

SRF radio interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Fredy Gsteiger May 10, 2016…

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ISIS’s Revenues include Sales of Oil to the al-Assad Regime

Huffington Post article by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. April 28, 2016 By Anne Speckhard,…

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ISIS’s Revenues include Sales of Oil to the al-Assad Regime

For months now disaffected Syrian, ISIS defectors we have been interviewing in our ISIS Defectors…

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Former German Soldiers Now Fighting for ISIS

A report written by the German Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) indicated that twenty-nine former German…

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Indian Guru offers ISIS an Olive Branch and Receives a Photograph of a Beheaded Man in Return

In Spring of 2007 I was seated on a flight into Baghdad International Airport, on…

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ISIS Sex Slave Trade in Gaziantep, Turkey

Huffington Post article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.…

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The Hypnotic Power of ISIS Imagery in Recruiting Western Youth

A picture is worth a thousand words.  It’s a commonly accepted piece of wisdom—one that…

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The American Women of ISIS

Marie Claire article quoting ISCVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Kate Storey April 22, 2016…

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What the West Really Knows about the State of ISIS

Macleans article quoting ICSVE research By Jonathon Gatehouse April 22, 2016 A billboard (R) belonging…

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American ISIS Defector – Mohamad Jamal Khweis and the Threat Posed by “Clean Skin” Terrorists: Unanswered Questions and Confirmations

Huffington Post article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.…

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ISIS Sex Slave Trade

ISIS Sex Slave Trade Brokered in Gaziantep, Turkey ISIS has been generating millions of dollars…

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Stories of Defectors Can Provide Counter-narrative

Arab Weekly interview quoting ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By  Rasha Elass - April 17,…

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ISIS Once Again Silences its Enemies in Turkey

Once again ISIS cadres have penetrated from Syria into Turkey and carried out an assault…

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ISIS Once Again Silences its Enemies in Turkey

Security Solutions Magazine article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard,…

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He’s the First U.S. ISIS Defector, Will he Become a U.S. Asset?

PRI interview quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. April 12, 2016 download "I made a…

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Khalid Zerkani

Khalid Zerkani: Terrorist Instigator “He is a sorcerer… He is Satan.” Hawa Keita, an immigrant…

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Mohamed Abrini Arrested in Brussels

Mohamed Abrini Arrested in Brussels: How to Stop the Flow of Europeans into the ISIS Cult…

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Virginia man’s defection from ISIS poses tough choice for U.S.

Mcclatchy article by Hannah Allam quoting ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. April 7, 2016 BY…

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Congressional Panel on Women and Terrorism puts Women in War on Terror’s Crosshairs

AlterNet article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard By Maya Hilel April 6, 2016 Pushing back…

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Mubin Shaikh

Allahu Akbar!" [Allah is Greater!] Mubin Shaikh Called out after hearing that two planes had…

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They called the boys ‘buttons’ because pushing a button would be the last thing they did

PRI radio interview featuring ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by…

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ISIS Defector Reports on the Sale of Organs Harvested from ISIS-held ‘Slaves’

Huffington Post article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.…

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ISIS Continues to Agitate for European Attacks

ISIS Continues to Agitate for European Attacks: Is Germany Next? ISIS has issued a statement…

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Why? Pourquoi? Warum?

Do the Terrorists Who Blow Themselves Up Even Know Why they are Doing it? When…

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Brussels Terrorist Attacks

Brussels Terrorist Attacks at Airport and European Parliament Brussels attacks. I was headed out to…

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ISIS Recruitment of Western Women

In the past two decades I have interviewed almost five hundred terrorists, extremists, and in…

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On the ground in Brussels, the author of “Talking to Terrorists” discusses the situation there

WGN Radio interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Roe Conn Anne Speckhard, Ph.D.…

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Close Call for USF Leaders, Terrorism Expert in Brussels

WTSP television interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Kendra Colon March 22, 2016…

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ISIS Operative Salah Abdeslam

ISIS Operative Salah Abdeslam: A Not so True-Believer Terrorist A key member of the ISIS…

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American ISIS Defector

Mohamad Jamal Khweis  & the Threat Posed by “Clean Skin” Terrorists: Unanswered Questions and Confirmations…

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Alleged ISIS Operative and Paris Attacker

Salah Abdelslam, Found Hiding out in Molenbeek, Belgium Salah Abdelslam—believed to be one of the…

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Facebook and Twitter are Losing the War against ISIS Expert Says

Sydney Morning Herald article quoting ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Matthew Hall March 12,…

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Liars, Hypocrites, Defectors tell of their Disillusionment

Sydney Morning Herald article quoting research by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla and Director,…

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Deepening Wounds and Recent Gains in the Fight with ISIS in Syria

The Syrian army in recent weeks backed by Iranians, Hezbollah and Russian support, has gained…

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Tunisian Foreign Fighter Uprising Inside ISIS Occurs Today in Raqqa

A huge internal fight inside ISIS occurred today in Raqqa in which two hundred members…

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Taking in Refugees is Good for America

Jewish Journal article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Veronique de Rugy March 2,…

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Deadly Interactions

World Policy Journal article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S Yayla, Ph.D. From the Winter…

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ISIS Defectors Interviews Project

ISIS Defectors Interviews Project  U.S. State Department Foreign Press Briefing I’ve been interviewing terrorists for…

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ISIS Defector Reports on Sale of organs Harvested from ISIS held “Slaves”

In February of 2015 Iraqi Ambassador, Mohamed Alhakim requested the UN Security Council to investigate…

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Recruiting for Jihad the Allure of ISIS in Turkish

Voice of America Turkey article featuring the research of ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla…

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The Lethal Cocktail of Terrorism

I recently returned from an interview trip in Belgium, the European country with the highest…

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Islamic State Widow Shames IS Leaders

Voice of America News article by Jamie Dettmer quoting ICSVE research of Deputy Director Ahmet…

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Why the Pentagon needs Psychologists

Inverse article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Sarah Sloat January 25, 2016 Psychologists…

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Brides of ISIS

The Internet Seduction of Western Females into ISIS Shoot the Women First is the title…

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The Current Lessons from ISIS defectors on how to fight indoctrination

CBC Radio interview of ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Anna Maria Tremonti January 05,…

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“If they don’t like someone, they just behead him”: why ISIS fighters quit

Vox news article by Zack Beauchamp quoting ICSVE research of Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla…

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Before and After: The Inside Story of a Hamas Suicide bomber

AU World interview of ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Matthew Hall December 23, 2015…

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Discrediting ISIS from the Inside

Using Stories from Recent ISIS Defectors - Why they Joined, What they Saw, Why they…

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IŞİD Üyeleri Örgütten Kaçıyor – ISIS Members Defect from the Terrorist Organization

Voice of American Turkey article featuring the research of ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla…

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Eyewitness Accounts from Recent Defectors From Islamic State: Why they Joined, What they Saw, Why they Quit

Huffington Post article by ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet Yayla and Director Anne Speckhard December 22,…

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Islamic State Fighters flee Terror Group’s Hypocrisy, Cruelty

Voice of America article quoting ICSVE Deputy Director Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. and ICSVE Director…

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Bride of ISIS Why Women Join Jihad

Christian Broadcasting Network TV news story featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By George Thomas…

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Web of Terror: Devil saying Kill Kill

Christian Broadcasting Network TV news story featuring ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By George Thomas…

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Terror: Whom to Fear

I have interviewed hundreds of terrorists and their close associates in places as far-flung as…

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Mothers as Terrorists

When Mothers Kill And Die to Attain so-Called "Martyrdom" status Twenty-seven-year old Tashfeen Malik, the…

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Eyewitness Accounts from Recent Defectors from Islamic State

Eyewitness Accounts from Recent Defectors from Islamic State: Why They Joined, What They Saw, Why…

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EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS FROM RECENT DEFECTORS FROM ISLAMIC STATE: WHY THEY JOINED, WHAT THEY SAW, WHY THEY QUIT

Abstract This Research Note reports on preliminary results of the Islamic State Interviews Project, based…

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The Lure of Becoming an ISIS Bride

Samra Kesinovic, 17, and her friend Sabina Selimovic–two beautiful, young Bosnian immigrant girls who left…

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The Lure of Becoming a Bride of ISIS

Huffington Post article by ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. November 24, 2015 Samra Kesinovic, 17,…

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Posing as Refugees is not the Easiest Path to US for ISIS Jihadists

TribLive article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Jason Cato November 21, 2015 Islamic…

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Syrians in America: How Safe is the U.S. Refugee Program

NBC article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. by Jon Schuppe November 19, 2015 The…

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THE LONG ARM OF ISIS

Two Syrian activist journalists, twenty-year-old Ibrahim Abd al-Qader and Fares Hammadi, who were living as refugees in Sanliurfa, Turkey were brutally murdered by ISIS today (October 30, 2015). Abd al-Qader, had formed along with twenty-six others, in April 2014 the online information network, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) to document atrocities carried out by ISIS in Raqqa, a city in northern Syria. The jihadi group has controlled Raqqa since the start of 2014. Some of the group report from inside ISIS held territory. while others like Abd al-Qader who had fled to Turkey, wrote up and distributed reports on social media and in the press to provide an inside look at ISIS held territory—areas from where few journalists dare report. ISIS followers are today claiming responsibility for the double murders and are celebrating on social media. For instance, an ISIS Twitter account shows a selfie that Ibrahim and Fares had posted of themselves, now reposted with the caption, “A selfie before being slaughtered silently.” Abd al-Qader is not the first RBSS journalist to be killed. Moataz Billah, one of the group’s founders was also beheaded inside Raqqa last year by ISIS, and the father of another activist was also murdered by the terrorists.
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ISIS READYING TO ACTIVATE AN “ALL FEMALE” SUICIDE BRIGADE?

This week, in october 2015, it was reported that Arab women under ISIS control are being approached to form an all female suicide brigade. This report coming via the Daily Mail from the human rights activist group Syria is being Slaughtered Silently. [i] Up to now ISIS has relied on young teenage boys they indoctrinate for so-called “martyrdom” missions and foreign fighters to carry out their suicide attacks, but have refrained from using women.
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THE HYPNOTIC POWER OF ISIS IMAGERY IN RECRUITING WESTERN YOUTH

A picture is worth a thousand words. It’s a commonly accepted piece of wisdom—one that…

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ISIS Touts Baby Boom as Key to Caliphate Future

Fox News article quoting ICSVE Director Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. By Hollie McKay October 12, 2015…

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How Dragging our Feet on Taking in Refugees Creates More Terrorists

Op Ed in New York Times By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. September 29, 2015 THE Syrian…

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Taking in Refugees Is Not a Risk to National Security

Op Ed by ICSVE Director, Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. in Time September 9, 2015 Anne Speckhard…

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