The Spread of the Sovereign Citizen Movement Around The World ICSVE Guest Research Report Dr. Christine M. Sarteschi as published in Homeland Security Today Sovereign citizens are anti-government, loosely affiliated extremists who deny the legitimacy of their respective governments. Illegitimate governments,…
Mar 16, 2022, GBN News "There is a lot of evidence of systemic radicalization to violence among the Intel community" says Molly Ellenberg of the International Centre for the Study of Violent Extremism. https://youtu.be/VivEDLcsgZo?t=6079
Anne Speckhard, Wilson W. Warren, Kate Strezishar, & Molly Ellenberg As published in Homeland Security Today Throughout U.S. history, the Capitol in Washington, D.C., has been the target of violence more times than Americans care to remember; however, the storming…
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, and TM Garret As published in Homeland Security Today White supremacist ideologies, whether they are associated with neo-Nazi, Christian Identity, Creativity, or Arastú/Odinist groups, hold hatred of Jews and blaming of Jews for the world’s ills…
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Usama Hasan, Senior Analyst, Extremism Policy UnitTony Blair Institute for Global Change Sheikh Ali, Islamic Scholar, ICSVE Dr. Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE MARCH 22, 2022 https://youtu.be/a-aLx753wBs What is the role of imams and Islamic scholars in…
Mona Thakkar & Anne Speckhard Syria's North Eastern province of Al Hasakah where ten thousand alleged ISIS members have been imprisoned has witnessed disturbing developments in the past month. On Jan 20, around 100 ISIS members employing suicide vests and…
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Maji Peterx Major General (Retired) Bamidele Mattew Shafa Dr. Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE MARCH 9, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7psGfq_ov4 For over 10 years, Nigeria has grappled with how to fight Boko Haram and the Islamic State – West…
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19434472.2022.2029933 By Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg ABSTRACT This study explores the prevalence of self-reported formal diagnoses…
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Dr. Steven Hassan, Cult Expert Dr. Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE February 15th, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAGh_NR-MuY What is mind control, and how does it happen? Cults and the ways that they control their members have been the subject…
ICSVE Panel Discussion featuring Ragnus Ranstorp, Research Director, Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies Swedish National Defence College, Stockholm Dr. Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVE February 2nd, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdtIVpxOwUc Militant jihadism in Scandinavia is often overlooked, and yet approximately 300 people from…