New episode of #PodParis – with Sofia Koller from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). Ten years after the attacks of November 13, 2015, we look back – and forward – together with Sofia Koller. In this episode, we talk about the security policy and...

The late Qaradawi served as spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and was best known, the Counter Extremism Project notes, for advocating “the murder of Americans, gay people, and Jews through his writings, speeches, and fatwas.” In 2022...

Eye on Extremism: November 12, 2025

The bombings in the capital cities of India and Pakistan were just a day apart and nearly identical in damage and impact — about a dozen people killed in each blast, the deadliest for either city in more than a decade. There was nothing to directly...

Analysts with the Counter Extremism Project recently warned that a JNIM victory in Mali could make it the first country ruled by al-Qaida. Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, believes a JNIM victory...

Extremist Content Online: ISIS Celebrates Potential U.S. Military Intervention in Nigeria, Pro-ISIS and Extreme Right Propagandists Condemn New York City Mayor-Elect

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, ISIS celebrated potential U.S. military intervention in Nigeria in the group’s...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about the arrest of a right-wing extremist in Germany accused of planning to kill German politicians on the dark net.

Hans Jakob Schindler (Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project) on the arrest of a suspected right-wing extremist from the Reich Citizens' Movement milieu

Counter Extremism Project Marks the 87th Anniversary of Kristallnacht

The Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) pogrom transpired across Germany 87 years ago. On November 9–10, 1938, the Nazi Party’s SS and SA, along with German civilians, unleashed a wave of organized, systematic violence—the first organized...

The Uses of OSINT in Counter-Terrorism

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) has become a key component of modern strategic and operational intelligence work. It is defined as the practice of collecting and analyzing information gathered from publicly available sources, such as newspapers...

Eye on Extremism: November 10, 2025

Syria has foiled two separate Islamic State plots to assassinate President Ahmed al-Sharaa, two senior officials said, adding a personal dimension to the leader's plans to join a U.S.-led coalition to fight the militant group that he has long battled...