Israel is conducting airstrikes on Damascus, while fighting rages in the Druze city of Suwayda. Middle East expert [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler explains how these events are connected, the role of the fragile transitional government...

A high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer is assassinated in broad daylight—five shots, close range, in the middle of Kyiv. Within hours, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) launches a manhunt. Days later, they kill two suspects tied not only to...

Edmund Fitton Brown, the UK's Ambassador to Yemen between 2015 and 2017, told MailOnline that before the war, it was common for young girls, 'often below the age of 10', to be married to men many decades older than them. He said he recalled hearing...

The Russian Imperial Movement, according to the Counter Extremism Project, is a “a fascist group based in St. Petersburg, Russia, that seeks to create a ‘mono-ethnic state’ led by a ‘Russian autocratic monarchy…’” It is “best known for having members...

“The reality is that the Houthis can’t be defeated from the air alone.” Trump’s best bet to defeat the Houthis means supporting the anti-Houthi forces in Yemen, says former British ambassador to Yemen Edmund Fitton Brown.

CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller interviewed regarding ISIS, women and children in Syria, and returnees.

The active clubs are part of a larger international far-right movement, focusing on strength training and martial arts. The concept has spread quickly and is now present in at least 20 countries with over 100 groups globally and in most US states...

The Counter Extremism Project describes the Animal Liberation Front as "a far-left extremist group focused on animal rights" that was formed in the 1970s in the United Kingdom. It now operates in 40 countries and has "claimed responsibility for arson...

In this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green, Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, the senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, said there are three major concerns in regards to the growing threat of global...

CEP Senior Advisor Prof. Ian Acheson writes: Today’s terrorist threat is more diverse and unpredictable than in 2005. Our resilience against violent extremism is hollowed out by institutional timidity. We still face tactical, technical and...