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
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15 June 2021 Dr. Mironova participated in panel on Future of Extremism Prevention organized by UNDP Oslo
9 June 2021 Dr. Mironova was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article “Refugee Camp for Families of Islamic State Fighters Nourishes Insurgency“
15 May 2021 Dr. Mironova was quoted in the article “IS-netværk i Europa hjælper med at udsmugle fanger” (in Danish)
4 May 2021Dr. Mironova was quoted in the Liberation article En Syrie, le cimetière des enfants perdus du «califat»
31 March 15 June 2021 Dr. Mironova participated in panel on Media coverage of Terrorism and Deradicalization organized by AlJazeera Journalism Review
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Surprised to learn how many French speaking #ISIS_K member there were in #Afghanistan. Interviewed Tajik #ISIS guy said that he met a #French (Morocco origin) guy, a Belgium instructor in a training camp &there are several French wives of ISIS leaders (all near #Pakistan border).
Long time ago- in 2013,I had several academic articles (based on a survey of Al Nusra members) rejected because according to reviewers "Academics should not be talking to terrorists" (in one case editor actually apologized for it later)...Thankfully we are very far from that now!
Agreed. The notion that you shouldn’t have conversations with extremists is unrealistic in both journalism and academia. You should talk to anyone who will talk to you. What you choose to do with the information gleaned from the conversation is what matters. https://twitter.com/misstessowen/status/1452787431011463181
Great news! .. Although it is worth reminding everyone that even in #Germany (country that takes terrorism seriously) there are still #ISIS female members Not in prison!
German IS woman jailed for 10 years for Yazidi girl's death in Iraq https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59036964