CEP-EER Webinar: “Combating the Financing of Violent Extremism” | Kyle Orton

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the European Eye on Radicalization (EER) invited to a webinar focusing on combating the financing of violent extremism. This webinar gave an overview of the current state of play on the financing of violent...

CEP-EER Webinar: “Combating the Financing of Violent Extremism” | Alexander Ritzmann

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the European Eye on Radicalization (EER) invited to a webinar focusing on combating the financing of violent extremism. This webinar gave an overview of the current state of play on the financing of violent...

"The think tank Counter Extremism Project (CEP) notes that the TTP has links with the Afghan Taliban and terrorist group Al Qaeda. 'As an ally of the Afghan Taliban, the TTP also fought the US-backed Afghan government prior to the latter’s defeat in...

"The recommendation was welcomed by Professor Ian Acheson, a senior adviser to the Counter-Extremism Project and a former prisoner governor. 'It’s the idea that everyone can be redeemed that is infecting the approach, which is always looking for...

CEP-KAS: Sahel Monitoring January 2023

This second monthly analytical report on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in January 2023.

CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann and CEP Senior Research Analyst Sofia Koller write: "[Translation] Radicalisation, extremism and terrorism are neither purely domestic nor solely foreign policy challenges for the security of the Federal Republic...

"Home Office officials responsible for the decision to fund groups that have spread Islamic extremism should be sacked, according to a former counterterrorism official. Professor Ian Acheson, who is now a senior adviser to the Counter Extremism...

"Prof. Ian Acheson, a senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, which contributed to the long-delayed Shawcross review of the government’s anti-extremism Prevent program due to be released this week, called for a stricter approach to Muslim...

"'The group’s ideology blends Islamism and Palestinian nationalism and seeks the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River...Hamas’s preferred methods include suicide bombings...

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Propaganda Videos Encourage Attacks In Egypt And Europe

(New York, N.Y.) — The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located a pro-ISIS...