CEP Webinar: The Polish Independence March as a Contact Hub for European Extremism | Przemyslaw Witkowski

Presentation of the CEP report, The Polish Independence March as a Contact Hub and a Model for European Extremism. Przemyslaw Witkowski, PhD Principal author of the report and Senior Research Director at the Institute of Social Safety (IBS), Poland...

"According to Joshua Fisher-Birch of the Counter Extremism Project, 'Right-wing extremists in the military pose security risks beyond their potential for violence.'"

"'If you want to break up a demonstration, to toughen up your security forces at a rally, you can hire them,' said Kacper Rekawek, a researcher for the Counter-Extremism Project (CEP), a US-based charity. 'They've been used to target Russian liberals...

"Professor Ian Acheson, a senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, said stunts such as these could terrify spectators even if they seem relatively harmless in hindsight."

"'Right-wing extremists in the military pose security risks beyond their potential for violence,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, an expert on the far right at the Counter Extremism Project, a New York City-based nonprofit terrorism watchdog. 'The recent...

CEP Research Analyst Gregory Waters writes: "While recent massacres of civilians in central Syria have refocused some international attention on the desert region, known as the Badia, the renewed widespread battles between militants and regime...

Tech & Terrorism: Online Gaming Platforms Facing Scrutiny Over Extremist Content

Concerns are growing in the U.S. and Europe that extremists are propagandizing and spreading hateful ideologies through online gaming platforms. This has prompted inquiries from members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, a U.S...

Israeli Security Foils IRGC, Hezbollah Recruitment Operation

This week, Israel’s domestic security agency, the Shin Bet, announced indictments against two West Bank Palestinians allegedly recruited by agents of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) through Hezbollah to plan and carry out terror...

ICYMI: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism

In the nearly 20 months since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, the country has presented one of the most dynamic and challenging international security environments today. The Taliban’s alignment with al-Qaeda through the Haqqani Network...

CEP Researcher Joshua Fisher-Birch quoted: "'They've received interest from other groups outside of the specific accelerationist neo-Nazi community,' said Fisher-Birch. 'So this has been reposted by others who otherwise might have some sort of...