ISIS – When Serving Terrorism is an “All in the Family” Affair
How to Recover the Lost Children and Spouses of ISIS[1] Thirty-two-year-old American Samantha Elhassani, together with her four children—two brought into ISIS and two born there – is now awaiting her fate in a People’s Protection Units (YPG) camp near al-Hasakah, Syria. In 2014, she took her two small AmericanContinue Reading
A Poor Man in the Islamic State; ICSVE’s new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Video Clip
ICSVE’s new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative video, A Poor Man in the Islamic State, is based on the testimony of Syrian ISIS defector Abu Abdullah recorded in Turkey in October 2015 by Anne Speckhard and Ahmet S. Yayla. In this video, Abu Abdullah talks about his work in theContinue Reading
Future acquisitions for the Norwegian Defence Sector 2018–2025
This document gives an overview of future acquisitions for the Norwegian Defence Sector in the period 2018 – 2025. You can download and read it here (in pdf): FAF 2018-2025 English – final.pdf The long term planning process outlines the continuous development of the Norwegian Defence Sector with respect to organisation, infrastructureContinue Reading
My Journey Towards Jihad – ICSVE’s new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Video Clip
My Journey Towards Jihad is the 19th counter narrative video clip in the ICSVE Breaking the ISIS Brand series. It features Abu Albani, a Kosovar foreign fighter who went twice to Syria; first to join and fight with the Free Syrian Army and later to join and fight forContinue Reading
Counter Terrorism: Important book on Narrative Warfare published today
Today a brand new book, Narrative Warfare, is available for the international defence and Intelligence community, The author, the highly respected Ajit Maan, Ph.D. and President of Narrative Strategies, is answering many questions regarding the subject with special focus on Counter-Terrorism. – It is imperative that those who are tasked withContinue Reading
Rewards ofJoining the Islamic State – ICSVE’s new Breaking the ISIS Brand Counter Narrative Video
Click here to see the video Today, ICSVE releases Rewards of the Islamic State, the 18th counter narrative video in the ICSVE Breaking the ISIS Brand series, videos which can be found both on the ICSVE website and on the ICSVE YouTube Channel. By Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. ICSVE Breaking the ISIS Brand counter narrative videos feature the 78 ISISContinue Reading
Insight: Interview with Dr. Ajit Maan, Narrative Strategies
Dr. Ajit Maan is a security analyst, defence strategist, and a narrative specialist. She is Founder and CEO of the U.S. based think-tank Narrative Strategies, Faculty member of George Mason University’s Center for Narrative Conflict Resolution, Faculty member of Union Institute and University’s Inter-Disciplinary Doctoral Program, and Member of theContinue Reading
The Fleeting Soft Power Opportunity in Yemen
The apparent execution of Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in December provides a window of opportunity for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS to join forces and gather the support of the desperate and ungoverned civilian population. That would be a deep blow to U.S. counterterrorism efforts.Continue Reading
Qatar and the Terrorism Blame Game
Between January 19, 2018 and January 24, 2018, a delegation of researchers and academics from the U.S. think-tanks and non-profit organizations, which also included researchers from the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE), paid a visit to Qatar to meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the MinisterContinue Reading
Recruitment Narratives: Cutting Off the Legs Isn’t Enough
Recruitment Narratives: Cutting Off the Legs Isn’t Enough Rather than undermine our own ideals with attempts to control information, we should animate our values by enabling our adversaries, and the audience they influence, to see us as encouraging bravery of thought, honoring dissent, even engaging heretical discourse. By Ajit Mann,Continue Reading