By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. ICSVE is proud toannounce the release of our newest video in the Breaking the ISIS Brand–ISIS Cadres Counter-Narrative Project. “Dreams of the Islamic State” produced by ICSVE’s Zack Baddorf is based on Anne Speckhard’s and Ahmed Yayla’s interview in Turkey of Syrian ISIS defector, Ibn Mesud. Ibn Mesud wasContinue Reading

The Need for Rehabilitation & Reintegration Programs & Restoring Security and Justice By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., Grace Wakim & Ardian Shajkovci Allah Akbar (meaning God is Greatest) is a colloquial expression commonly used by Muslims, especially in the Arab world, to praise God and express commitment to the religion ofContinue Reading

Australian Foreign Policy White Paper Submission, February 2017 Submitted by Jeff Schubert to whitepaper@dfat.gov.au This is a personal submission and should in no way be interpreted as reflecting the views of any other person or any organization. By Jeff Schubert, Head / Director, International Centre for Eurasian Research, This submissionContinue Reading

Part of the war games the U.S. and Norway are currently conducting ought to involve practice in the deployment of strategic narrative. In what may be the understatement of the decade, one Norwegian official said, “we have gradually seen more and more … strategic messages being sent [by Moscow].” ItContinue Reading

Mandag den 7. mars 1994 møtte jeg opp på Onsrud leir for tjeneste ved UNPROFOR Military Police Company. Her ble det gjennomført et forkurs for oss tre som skulle nedover. Vi hadde daværende kaptein Kristin Lund som instruktør og med sin erfaring fra UNPROFOR fikk vi en god innføring iContinue Reading

The United States and allied military forces will upgrade their missile defense capabilities under a new $1.45 billion contract for production and delivery of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors. The contract includes PAC-3 and PAC-3 MSE missile deliveries for theContinue Reading