The post-Cold War world order has seen non-state actors increasing their avenues of influence in international affairs, while the state is gradually seeing its control ebb....
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: 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...
“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...
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...
Authors: Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg* ICSVE is proud to announce our newest publication in the Journal of Strategic Security ISIS in Their Own Words: Recruitment...
Authors: Dr Siobhan O’Neil and Dr Mara Revkin* Although Islamic State’s territorial control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria came to an end in 2017, civilians, and particularly...
Over the past few years, ISIL and Al-Qaida terrorist fighters have posed an “unprecedented threat to international peace and security”, the UN counter-terrorism chief said on...
