Eye on Extremism: December 16, 2025

A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesday. The suspects were a father...

Eye on Extremism: December 15, 2025

Anthony Albanese says his government will dedicate “every single resource required” to eradicate antisemitism in Australia after the Bondi terror shooting, after envoy Jillian Segal and the Coalition accused Labor of not doing enough to fight hate...

Sahel Monitoring September 2025

This is the fifth installment in a new series analysing the threat environment in the Sahel based on the propaganda output by Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic State–West Africa Province (ISWAP), and the Islamic State–Sahel...

Counter Extremism Project Stands With Australian Jewish Community, Which Repeatedly Warned That Antisemitic Attack Was Likely

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace stated: “We condemn the horrific terrorist attack on Australian Jews during a Hanukkah lighting at Bondi Beach, Sydney. This targeted attack violated the right of Jews to live and worship safely in Australia. Jews...

Eye on Extremism: December 12, 2025

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji tells Al Jazeera that Iran’s role in Lebanon and the Middle East is “very negative,” and calls Tehran’s policies “a source of instability” in the region. Rajji says Lebanon’s pro-Western government is open to...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about Russia’s hybrid warfare in Germany and the German government’s protest to the Russian ambassador in Germany. [Staring at 6:56]

Sahel Monitoring August 2025

This is the fourth installment in a new series analysing the threat environment in the Sahel based on the propaganda output by Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic State–West Africa Province (ISWAP), and the Islamic State–Sahel...

Eye on Extremism: December 11, 2025

Amnesty International released a report on Thursday accusing Hamas of crimes against humanity, including murder and torture, for the October 7 massacre and the treatment of the hostages taken. The report concluded that Palestinian terrorists killed...

CEP Researcher and Content Review Specialist Joshua Fisher-Birch talks to The World about The Base after Spanish police arrested three members in November.

Eye on Extremism: December 10, 2025

President Donald Trump’s recent executive order directing a review of Muslim Brotherhood chapters for potential terrorism designations is limited in scope, and leaves out scrutiny of Qatar and Turkey — a strategy that experts say reflects both legal...