CEP Webinar: The Territories of European Jihadism with Dr. Hugo Micheron
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to our upcoming webinar with Dr. Hugo Micheron, to discuss his latest publication Le Jihadisme Français.
France
Russian Mercenaries To Fill Security Vacuum Given Impending French Withdrawal From Mali
Last week during the U.N. General Assembly, Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga accused France of abandoning Mali at the height of an ongoing Islamist insurgency. France announced that Operation Barkhane—France’s seven-year anti-terror...
DGAP-IFRI-CEP Webtalk: Opening the Black Box – Inside France’s Deradicalization Program
France has been a prominent target of Islamist terrorism both within and outside its borders for decades, and the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty near Paris in October 2020 is only one of the latest examples. Traditionally focusing on security...
France Makes Plans To Ban Ethno-Nationalist Group Generation Identity
Last week, France announced it would implement a ban and begin the dissolution of Generation Identity (GI), a pan-European youth movement and ethno-nationalist group that seeks to stop globalization and what it views as the Islamization of Europe...
Launch of the CEP Handbook: Radicalization of Young People - Ways and Solutions for Educators
CEP hosted a roundtable in Paris on November 13 entitled "Secularism and prevention of radicalization" where it launched a practical handbook for French educators. Produced in collaboration with the Interministerial Committee for the Prevention of...
What Comes Next for Thwarted Foreign Fighters?
In early March, French officials successfully prevented two girls from leaving to join ISIS in Syria, and the country collectively breathed a sigh of relief. But what happens next? What happens to the kids who are saved from falling under the spell...
Prevent Prisons From Becoming Jihadist Factories
The “mastermind” of the November 13 Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was radicalized in a Belgian prison while serving time for theft . Charlie Hebdo and kosher supermarket shooters Amedy Coulibaly and Cherif Kouachi also spent time in jail...
CEP Releases Resources on Extremism in France and Belgium Following ISIS Terror Attacks
(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing updated resources on terrorism and counterterrorism in France and Belgium following the November 13 attacks that took the lives of at least 129 people and wounded more than 350. A...
EU Far Right Exploits Fear of Terrorism
It’s no secret that right-wing groups in Europe are gaining momentum. Organizations and political parties such as France’s National Front, Hungary’s Jobbik , Greek's Golden Dawn and Italy’s Forza Nuova are gaining popularity as the people of Europe...
CEP Europe Condemns Terror Attacks at French Gas Plant, Kuwaiti Mosque and Tunisian Hotel
The Counter Extremism Project Europe today condemned terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia and called for a sustained and coordinated effort across continents to combat this continuing threat to peace and security.
Daily Dose
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On May 8, 2019, Taliban insurgents detonated an explosive-laden vehicle and then broke into American NGO Counterpart International’s offices in Kabul. At least seven people were killed and 24 were injured.
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