U.S. officials allege that energy mogul George Haswani acts as a middleman between the Islamic State, which controls much of Syria's oil and gas infrastructure, and the Syrian government. Mr. Haswani outlined a history of the gas project in a five...

A computer scientist at Dartmouth College has developed new software aimed at quickly identifying and stopping the spread of extremist videos online that are used to incite violent attacks. Dr. Hany Farid developed the software with the Counter...

A senior British jihadi, Raphael Hostey, who boasted of recruiting hundreds of Britons for Isis has reportedly been killed in Syria. Hostey used several methods in his recruitment attempts, including providing theological justification for Isis...

CEP Research Analyst Marielle Harris details in this blog the sophisticated weaponry in the possession of ISIS, including anti-aircraft missiles, chemical weapons, and programmable driverless car bombs. Harris says no one should doubt ISIS’s ability...

The Aspen Security Forum, a conference series that has become a fixture on the national security calendar, last week travelled abroad for the first time, to London. Twitter and social media at large found itself in the crosshairs of frustrated...

Two British men convicted of plotting Islamic State-inspired shooting attacks on the streets of London were each handed life sentences by a judge on Friday. "Of the 350 British foreign fighters to have returned to the U.K., at least 70 are considered...

CEP Director of Research Julie Shain explains in this blog how ISIS is using its English language magazine to try and silence Western Muslim scholars and personalities. She argues that critics of ISIS who challenge violent extremism deserve the...

Following the March 22 attacks in Belgium, Politico asked CEP Brussels Director Roberta Bonazzi and six other prominent policy analysts, writers and politicians to respond to the question, "What — if anything — is really wrong in Belgium? And how can...

The DNA of Najim Laachraoui was verified as that of one of the attackers on Tuesday, after samples were taken from remains found at the blast site in Brussels airport. Born in Morocco, Laachraoui grew up in Schaerbeek, where he reportedly attended a...

Roberta Bonazzi was on her way to a meeting in Brussels Tuesday when she heard the startling news of two airport terrorist bombings. Ironically, Bonazzi heads the Counter Extremism Project’s Brussels office — situated close to the Maelbeek metro...