Aram Shabanian focuses on researching and analyzing violent far-right groups in the US, as well as the Islamic State Group and associated movements. He focuses on utilizing a mixture of traditional research methods with modern-day, technology-assisted open-source intelligence. Aram is from Canby, Oregon. After high school, he attended Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon before transferring eventually to The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. In late 2018 he was accepted to the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, where he went on to earn an MA in Non-Proliferation and Terrorism Studies, graduating in 2021.
Calvin Wilder and Aram Shabanian explore the late August's clashes between the SDF and Arab tribes in Eastern Syria
Aram Shabanian focuses on researching and analyzing violent far-right groups in the US, as well as the Islamic State Group
Turkish airstrikes have eroded the ability of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to combat an Islamic State resurgence. Ankara’s periodic saber rattling continues to divert the SDF’s focus away from its fight against the terrorist group.
The latest episode of the New Lines Institute's Contours podcast breaks down the transforming battlefield conditions and strategic state of play in Ukraine.
