Oslo, Waziristan, Ürümqi – TIP Uyghur Terrorism in a Global Perspective

This blog is the fourth entry in a five-part series about the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated, originally Uyghur, Islamist terrorist group. Over the course of its history, TIP has gained an increasingly transnational, even...

The youth organization of the NPD successor party Die Heimat, Junge Nationalisten (JN), for example, relies on decentralized "Tiktok divisions" in addition to numerous newly founded so-called Revolte local groups, as a digital report by the Else...

Eye on Extremism: August 27, 2025

United Nations atomic agency chief Rafael Grossi has been receiving round-the-clock protection for weeks following a specific Iranian threat, according to people familiar with the matter. The elite unit of Austria’s security services is protecting...

Eye on Extremism: August 26, 2025

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran on Tuesday of being behind a pair of 2024 antisemitic arson attacks in Australia and expelled Tehran’s ambassador, calling the Iranian actions “dangerous acts of aggression” designed to...

CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown discusses Israel's response to the Houthis firing a new type of missile earlier this week.

Since 2020, Active Clubs have expanded rapidly across the United States, Canada and Europe, including the U.K.,a France, Sweden and Finland. Precise numbers are hard to verify, but the clubs appear to be spreading, according to The Counter Extremism...

Eye on Extremism: August 25, 2025

The Israeli Air Force on Sunday carried out strikes in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital of Sanaa, reportedly killing at least four people and injuring scores, in response to the Iran-backed group’s repeated attacks on Israel. The strike came shortly after...

CEP nonresident fellow Ari Heistein writes: Within the governing coalition and among right-wing commentators, continuous efforts are made to frame the relocation of Gaza’s population as both morally justified and strategically essential, as well as...

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS SimpleX Chat Shares Explosives Instructions, Christchurch Attacker’s Manifesto Located on eBay and Violent Footage From Attack Video Found on TikTok and Instagram

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located basic instructions for the homemade synthesis of...

Eye on Extremism: August 22, 2025

Lebanon said on Thursday it was launching the planned disarmament of Palestinian factions in refugee camps, part of a wider effort to establish a state monopoly on arms. The planned disarmament was starting with the handover of weapons on Thursday...