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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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December 22, 2018

After two Scandinavian women were killed while hiking in Morocco, an expert on Islamist movements has said it's hard to protect tourist-heavy regions from ISIS. The four men suspected of killing Louisa Jespersen, 24, of Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28...

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December 17, 2018

Terrorism-related offenders, who by the very nature of their criminality were at violent odds with American society, face the complex process of reintegrating against the strong headwinds of extraordinarily high recidivism rates. While garden-variety...

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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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