Eye on Extremism: April 30, 2026

Iran’s supreme leader said Thursday that the Islamic Republic will protect its “nuclear and missile capabilities” as a national asset, likely seeking to draw a hard line as U.S. President Donald Trump presses for a wider deal to cement the war’s...

New Exhibition by Photographer Hannah Altman to Retrace the Physical and Emotional Journey of Holocaust Victim Lore Sternfeld

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is proud to organize Ground Glass: Reframing the World of Lens-Maker and Holocaust Victim Lore Sternfeld, a new exhibition by Jewish-American photographer Hannah Altman (b. 1995). The exhibition honors the life and...

Eye on Extremism: April 29, 2026

Two months into a war with the U.S. and Israel, Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of power — an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran’s stance as it weighs renewed talks with​Washington. Since...

The reason to be at the place was the opening of the new landmark next to Auschwitz, ARCHER at House 88 , unique project of memory and compassion that acts nowadays from the premises of the house in which the butcher Rudolf Höss and his family were...

Eye on Extremism: April 28, 2026

The shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has exposed a serious security vulnerability surrounding President Donald Trump and other senior U.S. officials, a former Defense Department intelligence officer has warned. Fox News...

Eye on Extremism: April 27, 2026

Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the U.S. lifting its blockade on the country and an end to the war, while proposing that discussions on the larger question of its nuclear program would come in a later...

The Cost of Doing Business: A Brief History of Informants in American Domestic Counterterrorism

Nearly a century later, the Civil Rights era Klan was similarly disrupted by informant testimonies. In 1994, Delmar Dennis, a Klansman-turned-informant, gave the testimony that led to the conviction of Byron De La Beckwith for the 1963 murder of...

The decentralized groups, which are present in at least 34 states, engage in physical training and post white nationalist propaganda, according to the Counter Extremism Project. According to the advocacy group Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)...

Eye on Extremism: April 24, 2026

President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. Associated Press: Trump says Lebanon and Israel agree to extend Israel-Hezbollah...

Eye on Extremism: April 23, 2026

When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled Iran as the supreme leader, he exerted absolute power over all decisions about war, peace and negotiations with the United States. His son and successor does not play the same role. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the...