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CEP strives to build and maintain its best-in-class research and analysis databases on extremist groups, including their ideology, leaders, history, financing, violent activities, tactics, and rhetoric.

Extremist Groups

The Counter Extremism Project maintains a database of information about extremist groups, including their leaders, history, financing, violent activities, government designations, and rhetoric.

Country Reports

Extremism is a global problem. CEP’s Areas of Operation map includes comprehensive reports detailing the history of extremist movements, major terror attacks, and counter-extremism measures country by country.

Glossary

Anti-semitism, caliphate, hijrah. The Counter Extremism Project maintains a glossary of terms that are frequently used when discussing extremism.

Highlights

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On September 26, 2018, an improvised explosive device planted at the foot of a bridge exploded, killing eight soldiers in the lead vehicle of a Burkinabe military convoy traveling in northern Burkina Faso. 

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