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IS Prisons Produce Potential Long-term Disruptive Consequences
August 21, 2017
According to a report from the International Center for the Study of Violence Extremism, the Islamic State's (IS) expansive system of detention, utilizing myriad torture methods, has inflicted widespread psychological and physical trauma that will likely have long-term negative effects on populations within the caliphate territories and in countries of refuge and foreign-fighter return.
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Women Have Growing Impact in Extremist Islamist Movements
August 21, 2017
Significant policy and academic research points to the growing impact of women in the globalization of Islamist extremist ideology and violence, as evidenced in the "femininization" of Islamic State perpetrators of jihad in Europe and in the Middle East heartland of the caliphate.
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Iraq Looks to UN for Evidence for IS Prosecution
August 18, 2017
The government of Iraq is preparing to submit a resolution to the UN Security Council to provide support for collecting and preserving forensic evidence that can be used to prosecute Islamic State (IS) perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the form of attacks against civilians and the destruction of religious and cultural heritage sites.
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Spanish Political Upheaval Played Role in Failure to Prevent IS Attack
August 18, 2017
Evidence suggests that Spanish security officials missed a plan for coordinated Islamist attacks in the country, culminating in yesterday's attack by Islamic State (IS) operatives, because they were preoccupied with potential risks associated with the approaching Catalan independence referendum.
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Turkey Includes Jihad in Public Education Curriculum
August 18, 2017
Public school textbooks in NATO-member Turkey have incorporated teaching on jihad into the official curriculum and have removed teaching about evolution, all while the country's Islamist president has publicly critiqued the youth brain-drain due to increasing applications to study abroad.
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