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...

Al-Qassam Brigades Propaganda: Evolution Since October 7 — Policy Implications

This is the third and final entry in a three-part blog series discussing the evolution of al-Qassam Brigades’ content, the group’s content-dissemination strategies, and the policy implications for combating terrorist content online.

CEP Webinar: A Lawless Space – Foreign Fighters Detained in Northeastern Syria

ince the defeat of the so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS), thousands of men, women, and children with alleged links to the “caliphate” remain detained in Kurdish-administered camps and detention centers in Northeastern Syria. While some...

Eye on Extremism: November 7, 2025

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday conducted a wave of airstrikes against infrastructure and weapon depots belonging to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in southern Lebanon, saying they would step up attacks unless the terror group was disarmed...