COVID-19 is complicating an already complex security situation in the Sahel, with terrorist groups exploiting the pandemic as they step up attacks on national and international...
Authors: Anne Speckhard and Gabriel Sjöblom-Fodor* The northern country of Finland represents a peculiar example in the international debate on ISIS foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and...
Authors: Ms. Nathasha Fernando and Ms. Ayodhya Krishani Amarajeewa On the 19th of May 2020 Sri Lanka celebrated the National War Heroes Day and there was...
Authors: Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg* When one thinks of the recent conflicts in Syria, images of ISIS beheadings, enslavement of Yazidis and black flags flying...
Authors: Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg* When ISIS was defeated territorially, there was a significant decrease in the online propaganda output for which they became notorious...
According to the European Commission, more than 42,000 foreign fighters joined terrorist organizations between 2011 and 2016, around 5,000 of whom are believed to be from Europe...
“I was born in Somalia, in Mogadishu,” Ibn Adam tells me as we start his interview in a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) prison reception area. Ibn...
Authors: Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg* Is Internet recruitment alone strong enough to recruit an individual into a terrorist group, much less to incite him or...
With COVID-19 we are dealing with an invisible stressor and the potentially traumatic threat of death to ourselves and our loved ones. Both of these are...
Authors: Farzad Ramezani Bonesh and Chidiebere Favour Nwobodo Although boko haram and ISIS have been confusingly used interchangeably due to their seemingly common characteristic, which majorly...
