CEP Webinar: “The Fall-Out of Gendered Counterterrorism Approaches in Northeast Syria”

The ISIS attack on a prison in al-Hasakah, Syria, on January 20, and the ensuing battle left hundreds of ISIS suspects dead, escaped, or unaccounted for. While the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have regained control of the prison, many...

"On this episode of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler Sr., director of the Counter Extremism Project, discusses concerns about possible cyberattacks and physical harm Americans could encounter."

Extremist Content Online: Hateful White Supremacist Propaganda Remains On YouTube

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. Over the past two weeks, white supremacists have uploaded a variety of...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson quoted: "Ian Acheson, a former prison governor who carried out a government-commissioned review of Islamist extremism in jails, said he had raised security concerns with ministers. 'The HSU is supposed to be our most...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed for Washington Institute's podcast "Breaking Hezbollah Golden Rule," Season 1, Episode 2: "Hezbollah Goes Global": In December 1983, six blasts shook Kuwait’s capital city. Two prominent...

Turkey’s Extremist Ties Make It Fertile Ground To Plot, Direct Attacks

Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey has become a haven for terrorist operatives. It maintains open relations with extremist groups and harbors internationally sanctioned and wanted extremists affiliated with the Taliban, the Muslim...

"Even before the ARSA attacks in 2016 and 2017, organizations such as the International Crisis Group, RAND Corporation, Counter Extremism Project, and individual scholars have expressed concerns about a forthcoming wave of Rohingya radicalization."

"Liam Duffy, adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, noted: 'Alarmism and mislabelling protests, no matter how inconvenient, boisterous - or even how odious you might find them - as terrorists, insurrectionists, white supremacists has only served...

"Meanwhile Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, added: 'I've resisted getting into personalities but what we need is someone with competence to make London safer, not a person that looks like a...

CEP Webinar: "The Azov Movement in Ukraine" | Joshua Fisher-Birch

Presenter: Joshua Fisher-Birch Research Analyst, Counter Extremism Project Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014, the Azov Movement has emerged as one of the most significant right-wing extremist structures in Ukraine. Transforming from...