The U.K. government’s Department for Digital, Media, Culture, and Sport and Home Office jointly published the Online Harms White Paper in April 2019. CEP submitted its responses to several of the White Paper’s consultation questions.

This report is part of a multi-year study of ISIS’s ongoing insurgency in central Syria, including an analysis of attacks against civilians, who have been regularly targeted in the Badia.

This policy paper (in German) presents initial insights regarding the prosecution of female returnees—women who left Germany to travel to the former territory of ISIS in Syria and Iraq and have returned.

The report examines a strand of Islamist violence motivated by perceived acts of blasphemy, its evolution, and the paradoxical responses to both perceived insults and violent responses.

The security situation in large parts of West Africa is deteriorating rapidly, accompanied by an authoritarian turn following recent coups. This policy paper addresses the question of what options remain, by examining the current security and political context, exploring previous and contemporary regional responses, and

This paper analyzes the structure of JNIM, how it is financed, and how its various groups operate jointly. It also identifies potential challenges that may arise from expanded JNIM activity from Mali and Burkina Faso.

This paper expands on the role of transnational organized crime and its use in West Africa to support these terror networks financially.

This paper analyzes the interplay between JNIM, ISWAP, and ISGS with terrorist groups in North, West-Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.

This paper explores the origins of the two most prominent Islamic State-affiliated extremist groups in the Sahel, ISWAP and ISGS, as well as their implementation of Islamic laws and exploitation of local communities.

The Russia-Ukraine war has been attracting foreign fighters/volunteers since 2014. However, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, 2022 provided a seemingly seismic shift in this field with up to 20,000 foreigners expressing an interest in joining the Ukrainian war effort.

The Yazidi minority of Iraq was specifically targeted for mass rape and genocide by ISIS. Many of the surviving Yazidis are crying out for justice for the crimes committed against their community, their families, and friends.