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January 16, 2019

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: Terrorism is a phenomenon that knows no borders. The threat of extremist violence is a part of everyday life around the world, a fact that was demonstrated again and again in 2018. Due to the...

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January 16, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton writes: "It is widely recognised that the challenge of nationalism and illiberalism has been mounting in Europe for some years now. Political and social extremism are both on the rise. The curled lip and barbed...

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January 15, 2019

"In December 2015, Buhari was confident enough to declare Boko Haram "technically" defeated. But the truth of that statement has since been repeatedly questioned. Suicide bombings and hit-and-run raids persisted, while troops were unable to stop...

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January 15, 2019

“In December 2015, Buhari was confident enough to declare Boko Haram 'technically' defeated. But the truth of that statement has since been repeatedly questioned. Suicide bombings and hit-and-run raids persisted, while troops were unable to stop...

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January 13, 2019

"Mr Ashcroft was a young National Front (NF) member in the 1990s but left after an influential secret agent diverted him from the group. He warned that far-right and neo-Nazi organisations had become a resurgent force in the digital age, illustrated...

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January 11, 2019

CEP Senior Advisor and President of the Terrorism Analysis Center Jean-Charles Brisard ​discusses the wave of European terrorist attacks that began with the Charlie Hebdo murders four years ago, how the nature of attacks has changed, and the need for...

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January 10, 2019

"A former prison governor who led an official review into Islamist extremism in prisons has said jails in the UK have become “incubators” of radical behaviour, and repeated calls for the most subversive offenders to be separated from other inmates...

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January 8, 2019

An article in the Portuguese weekly Sol discusses the rise of far-right political parties and describes recent attacks on the leader and offices of the far-right German party Alternative for Germany (AfD). "The director of the non-governmental...

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January 2, 2019

“Since 9/11, the federal government prosecuted about 400 jihadists. At least 61 individuals with terrorism-related convictions will be released from prison between 2018 and 2024, according to a December report, 'When Terrorists Come Home: The Need...

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December 30, 2018

“Airbrushing and Photoshop long ago opened photos to easy manipulation. Now, videos are becoming just as vulnerable to fakes that look deceptively real. Supercharged by powerful and widely available artificial-intelligence software developed by...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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