"However, according to all available information on Asov, to argue that the battalion is a monolithic Neo-Nazi, ultra-nationalist, and anti-Semitic unity is unjustified. German-extremism researcher, Alexander Ritzmann at Berlin’s Counter Extremism...

"In this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, talks about who did it and why."

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in August 2022

Following is the August 2022 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. A review of developments throughout 2021 can be found here , and previous editions in...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "As Afghanistan’s illicit drug trade flows globally, the international community needs to get serious about this threat not only as a matter of public health but also as counter-terrorism financing...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on GLOBAL with JJ Green

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler joined GLOBAL with JJ Green to discuss the September 5, 2022 suicide bombing outside the consular section of Russia’s embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing a top diplomat, a Russian security guard and four...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler joined GLOBAL with JJ Green to discuss the September 5, 2022 suicide bombing outside the consular section of Russia’s embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing a top diplomat, a Russian security guard and four...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on RSI (Swiss TV in Italian)

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interview with Swiss TV (Italian) on the 50th anniversary of the Black September attack against the Israeli National Team at the Munich Olympics.

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interview with Swiss TV (Italian) on the 50th anniversary of the Black September attack against the Israeli National Team at the Munich Olympics.

CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller interviewed about new policy paper: "In meinem neuen Policy Paper skizziere ich die Entwicklung der Strafverfolgung von Rückkehrerinnen in Deutschland. Bis etwa 2018 waren diese Frauen nicht systematisch...

Extremist Content Online: Facebook Edition

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit Meta-owned Facebook to spread propaganda, recruit followers, and incite violence in order to hold the popular social media platform accountable for its...