CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Synthetic drugs exploded across the prison estate causing devastation and helping entrench a drugs economy led by organised crime that is now almost too big and too lucrative to fail. My independent Government...

"Iran has many ways to respond to Israeli strike: Hans-Jakob Schindler, Counter Extremism Project"

(Mis)Understanding the transnational violent extreme-right Active Club Strategy

In early April 2024, CEP submitted a report to the inquiry of the Parliament of Australia into right-wing extremist movements. This blog summarizes the contribution of CEP´s senior adviser Alexander Ritzmann to the CEP report, where he analyzes the...

"This resurgence is further highlighted by a surge in IS attacks, particularly in central Syria, as noted by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). Their report revealed at least 69 confirmed attacks by IS in central Syria last month, resulting in...

"The global anti-terror group Counter Extremism Project last week warned the Senate committee about Australian neo-Nazis creating crowdfunding campaigns and “active clubs” to train members in combat."

CEP STATEMENT MARKING SIX MONTHS SINCE OCTOBER 7

Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and CEP President Frances F. Townsend released the following statement to mark six months since October 7.

Fluid Structures: Assessing Left-Wing Violent Extremist Groups’ Organizational Systems

Left-wing extremism and terrorism remain a significant form of ideologically motivated violence. Transnational connectivity and loose, leaderless networks—both offline and online—are key elements of this milieu’s operations. As with other extremist...

Breaking down six months of war with Hamas

April 7 marks six months to the day since Hamas launched the worst attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking hostage 240 others.

"The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports, 'March was, by every metric, the most violent month of ISIS’s Badia [central Syrian desert] insurgency since late 2017, when the group first lost control of its territory.'"

"Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the Berlin- and New York-based Counter Extremism Project, says drugs are 'just one of the standard income streams for terrorism financing'"