ISIS Operative Salah Abdeslam: A Not so True-Believer Terrorist
A key member of the ISIS cell and only survivor of nine cadres who are believed to have been directly involved in the Paris attacks was as we know caught alive through a police operation in Molenbeek, Belgium. Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. & Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. When we look atContinue Reading
President Obama with Nordic Initiative Countering Violent Extremism
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama recently hosted the President of Finland and the Prime Ministers of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland at the White House for an Official Arrival Ceremony, a Multilateral Meeting, and a State Dinner. This marks the twelfth State or Official Visit of the ObamaContinue Reading
Alarms Raised over Safeguarding Professional Ethics in FBI proposed “Shared Responsibility Committees” addressing Potentially Radicalized Individuals
Murky federal plans, and odd bedfellows between law enforcement and counseling professionals, currently threaten to create ethical dilemmas for those in the helping professions—psychologists, counselors, imams and doctors—who may be called upon by the FBI in upcoming months to report on citizens in behalf of national security interests as theyContinue Reading
Military And Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality technology is going via early adoption stage. Vibe and Oculus engaged gamers and Hollywood to produce content. VR headsets are still bulky but do provide a “presence” experience. HTC owns Vive and Facebook bought Oculus Rift for 2 billion dollars. By Michael Fayerman Managing Editor/ Intelligence Technology Expert,Continue Reading
ICSVE’s new Brief Report: Khalid Zerkani – Terrorist Instigator
“He is a sorcerer… He is Satan.” Hawa Keita, an immigrant mother from Mali in Brussels said of the man who influenced her son, Yoni Mayne, in only a few months time into leaving Belgium for “jihad” in Syria. She believes her son died in 2014 during a battle inContinue Reading
ICSVE’s new Brief Report: ISIS Once Again Silences its Enemies in Turkey
Once again ISIS cadres have penetrated from Syria into Turkey and carried out an assault on those brave enough to speak out against them. Monday evening (April 10th), thirty-six year-old Syrian journalist, Muhammed Zahir al Serkat, was shot in the center of Gaziantep (a Turkish town near the border ofContinue Reading
Beyond the lone wolf!
Almost 15 years have passed since 9/11 and now the global Homeland Security (HLS), Counter-terrorism & Public Safety markets are going through major shifts. The EC just experienced two horrifying terror acts in Brussels and Paris. Our expert commentator and Managing Editor Intelligence Technology Michael Fayerman tell how “Big Data” AnalyticalContinue Reading
US back to Keflavík
The Arctic Journal Writes: After almost a decade following the United States Navy quietly closing its facilities at Keflavík, talk began to circulate in the autumn of 2015 about a return of US forces to the same base it had occupied since 1951 as a pivotal component of AmericanContinue Reading
Power Shifters: Changing the Narrative on Violent Extremism
New interesting conference are targeting violent extremism. – Join us on 6 May for the first annual Narrative Strategies conference for talks and panels by our experts and experts in the narrative and defense fields. BY Ajit Maan, Ph.D., Vice-President for Research and Analysis, ENODO Global, is author of Counter-Terrorism:Continue Reading
The Brussels Attack: What We Should Be Doing Differently
As ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Brussels attacks, and we know that causing anti-Muslim and anti-refugee fear and loathing is part of the ISIS strategy to conquer by dividing, we should avoid falling in-line with their plan. We avoid participating in the terrorist agenda by engaging in cooperativeContinue Reading