This paper argues that current responses to violence-oriented antisemitic acts remain incident-led and do not focus sufficiently on the professionalized and organized actors who drive, coordinate, finance, and amplify the most serious threats. To close this gap, this paper proposes to differentiate between “general” and “organized” antisemitism for more effective preventive and repressive responses and measures. In addition, this paper proposes the operational use of a separate analytical threat category “violence-oriented antisemitic extremism (VAE)”.

Author: Alexander Ritzmann

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This paper assesses the main strategic propaganda messages by AC co-founder and figurehead Robert Rundo since his public return in June 2025. Previously, he had served a two-year prison sentence in California for conspiracy to riot after a protracted legal battle involving dismissals, appeals, and extradition from Romania. The paper also provides an overview of key violent events associated with the AC network in 2025, the new AC affiliated youth groups, as well as a Classification Framework of what constitutes an AC, designed to aid practitioners, researchers, or law enforcement. In addition, the paper provides recommendations for government prevention and disruption strategies.

Author: Alexander Ritzmann

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This report serves as a starting point to reflect on Germany’s approaches to the rehabilitation of ISIS returnees, discuss ongoing challenges, and present policy recommendations.

Author: Sofia Koller

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This is a landmark report exposing the precarious situation as a result of the detention of at least 28 German men and boys allegedly affiliated to ISIS—in overcrowded and legally ambiguous facilities in the Kurdish-led de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria (AANES). The report warns that the collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 poses a serious risk to international security and could undermine Germany’s credibility as a rule-of-law state.

Autorinnen: Sofia Koller, Iva Mrvová

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Seit Frühjahr 2024 formieren sich in Deutschland neue gewaltorientierte rechtsextreme Jugendstrukturen. 

This report examines how antisemitism is strategically utilized by extremist groups to incite violence, recruit, and foster ideological cohesion.  

Für eine wirksame Bekämpfung des Antisemitismus in Deutschland sollten politische Entscheidungsträger und Behörden einen risikobasierten Ansatz in Betracht ziehen.

Die vorliegende Studie analysiert die Erfahrungen und Einsichten, die mit der Rehabilitierung von Rückkehrenden aus Syrien und dem Irak innerhalb und außerhalb des Strafvollzugs in Deutschland gesammelt wurden. 

Since the HAMAS attack on Israel on October 7 and the ensuing war in Gaza, many countries have seen an unprecedented rise in reported antisemitic incidents. 

Ende April 2024 haben führende (gewaltorientierte) Rechtsextreme in Deutschland die Einführung einer neuen Strategie ausgerufen. In rechtsextremen Zeitschriften und auf verschiedenen sozialen Medien und Messenger-Diensten wurde die Frage „Wohin, Nationaler Widerstand?“ diskutiert und mit der Aussage „Ausweg ‚Active Club‘“ beantwortet.