Battlefields, war-zones, and lecture theaters
Dr. Vera Mironova is a Russian-American academic, scholar, award-winning writer, producer, speaker, research fellow and policy consultant specializing in armed conflict.
She is often referred to as ‘The Frontline Scholar’ due to her experiences embedded with the Iraq Special Operations Forces (ISOF) as they recaptured the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS in 2016-2017, documented in her 2019 book From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists: Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups (Oxford University Press) | READ MORE
Latest News
9 February 2022 Dr. Mironova took part in European Consortium for Political Research conference
31 January 2022 Dr. Mironova published an article “Revealed: how fake passports allow IS members to enter Europe and US” in Guardian
26 January 2022 Dr. Mironova took part in BBC World New Program
24 January 2022 Dr. Mironova was quoted in Aljazeera article “Syria prison attack shows ISIL ‘absolutely’ growing stronger”
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People (and their pets) still live in the subway in #Kharkiv. Although it is relatively safe outside now many of them lost their homes and have nowhere to go. #Ukraine #UkraineWar
4Visiting gray zone today (north of #Kharkiv, 20 km from #Russian border) we got shelled. Russian drones were buzzing above.
Today @zaborona_media video team, @maximdondyuk and @vera_mironov came under heavy shelling few times to the north of #Kharkiv. The footage is from Cherkaski Tyshky village. All journalists are unharmed.