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EN: Dr. Omar Ashour is a Professor of Security and Military Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He served as a senior consultant for the United Nations on security sector reform, counter-terrorism, and de-radicalization issues. He is the author of How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt (Edinburgh University Press, 2021) and The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements (Routledge, 2009); co-author of the United Nations” Economic and Social Commission for West Asia”s (UN-ESCWA) document on security sector reform during the transitional periods of the “Arab Spring”; and the editor of Bullets to Ballots: Collective De-Radicalisation of Armed Movements (Edinburgh University Press, 2021). Furthermore, he has written over one hundred op-eds in the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Globe and Mail, al-Jazeera.net, CNN.com, Project Syndicate, The Independent, and Ukrainian outlets such as New Voice and European Pravda. His current research project is focused on the Russian war on Ukraine, and it includes two forthcoming studies titled “How Putin’s Army Fought like ISIS in Ukraine (2014-2022)” and “Comparative Combat Effectiveness and Ukraine’s Regular and Irregular Armed Forces (2014-2022).” UA: Доктор Омар Ашур – професор у галузі безпекових студій інституту Дохи (Катар). Працював старшим консультантом ООН з питань реформи сектору безпеки, боротьби з тероризмом і дерадикалізації. Автор книг «Як воює ІДІЛ: військова тактика в Іраку, Сирії, Лівії та Єгипті» (Edinburgh University Press, 2021) і «Дерадикалізація джихадистів: трансформація збройних ісламістських рухів» (Routledge, 2009); співавтор документа Економічної та соціальної комісії ООН для Західної Азії (UN-ESCWA) про реформу сектору безпеки під час перехідних періодів «арабської весни»; редактор книги «Від куль до бюлетенів: колективна дерадикалізація збройних рухів (Edinburgh University Press, 2021). Автор колонок у Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Globe and Mail, al-Jazeera.net, CNN.com, Project Syndicate, The Independent та в таких українських виданнях, як New Voice, Європейська Правда. Його поточний проєкт присвячений війні Росії проти України, а в його рамках буде видано дослідження “Як армія Путіна воює як ІДІЛ проти України (2014-2022)” та “Порівняльна боєздатність регулярних та нерегулярних Збройних сил України (2014-2022 рр.)”. 




8 Ebooks by Omar Ashour

Omar Ashour: De-Radicalization of Jihadists
This book is the first detailed study of the causes of de-radicalization in armed Islamist movements. It is based on frontline research that includes interviews with Jihadist leaders, mid-ranking …
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€86.85
Omar Ashour: De-Radicalization of Jihadists
This book is the first detailed study of the causes of de-radicalization in armed Islamist movements. It is based on frontline research that includes interviews with Jihadist leaders, mid-ranking …
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English
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€58.06
Omar Ashour: De-Radicalization of Jihadists
This book is the first detailed study of the causes of de-radicalization in armed Islamist movements. It is based on frontline research that includes interviews with Jihadist leaders, mid-ranking …
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English
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€58.44
Omar Ashour: How ISIS Fights
How did ISIS – a widely hated, massively outnumbered and ludicrously outgunned organisation – manage to occupy over 120 cities, towns and villages from the Southern Philippines to Western Libya? …
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€20.04
Omar Ashour: How ISIS Fights
How did ISIS – a widely hated, massively outnumbered and ludicrously outgunned organisation – manage to occupy over 120 cities, towns and villages from the Southern Philippines to Western Libya? …
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English
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€19.84
Omar Ashour: Bullets to Ballots
De-radicalisation is a global phenomenon where armed organisations transform into political parties or non-violent social movements. Bullets to Ballots explores the different trajectories that this …
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€32.45
Omar Ashour: Bullets to Ballots
De-radicalisation is a global phenomenon where armed organisations transform into political parties or non-violent social movements. Bullets to Ballots explores the different trajectories that this …
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English
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€32.28
Omar Ashour: How ISIS Fights
EN:  Based on extensive field work, this book analyzes how ISIS – a widely hated, massively outnumbered, and ludicrously outgunned organization – managed to occupy over 120 cities, towns, and vi …
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Ukrainian
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