CEP Applauds Designation of Five ISIS Operatives by Treasury, State, Since January 1

Urges similar action on three additional ISIS leaders (New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today applauded U.S. government action taken against five ISIS operatives, while at the same time urging that three additional leaders be...

CEP Releases Resources on Mali, Burkina Faso, Following Deadly Truck Bombing

CEP released updated resources on Mali, Burkina Faso, and Islamist extremist group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb following a suicide truck bombing at a military camp in the northern Mali city of Gao that killed at least 47 people and wounded more...

Yesterday, Counter Extremism Project, or (CEP), a non-profit organization that partners with agencies and governments worldwide to combat ideological extremists and terrorists, released a new and improved database, along with a slew of updated...

CEP Releases Updated Database of Terrorists and Extremists

CEP released the Terrorists and Extremists Database, an updated, searchable list and interactive map of detailed biographical information on more than 400 of the world’s most dangerous leaders, propagandists, operatives, and terror financiers. The...

On Nov. 13, 2015, Beatriz’s daughter, Nohemi, was killed in the Paris terror attacks by an Islamic State cell operating out of Brussels. On March 22, 2016, Cameron’s husband, Alexander, and her sister-in-law, Sascha, were murdered at the Brussels...

Two Years After Charlie Hebdo, Supermarket Attacks, French Struggle with Terror Continues

Two years after the horrific and deadly attacks at a satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket in Paris, France continues to struggle with persistent and ever more deadly extremist violence. Armed with assault rifles, submachine guns, pistols, and...

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller on Bloomberg Technology

CEP Spokesperson & Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller discusses Iran protests, the regime's social media crackdown, and terrorist use of platforms with Bloomberg Technology host Emily Chang.

"They’re less ideological and more violent and they’re more interested in their own survival, in making money," says Marielle Harris, a research analyst with the Counter Extremism Project. "The average Abu Sayyaf fighter would fail a basic test on...

“Julie Shain, director of research at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), said: “This incentivises people to search for these things and suggests it’s normal to do so. In combination with the thousands of videos and pages calling for attacks on the...

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller discusses hacking's influence on geopolitics and President Obama's imposition of sanctions against Russia for cyber attacks associated with the 2016 election.