News and Media

On May 25, 2020, The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and Bratislava, Slovakia-based think tank GLOBSEC hosted a webinar discussion, launching the first report on mapping Muslim Brotherhood activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

CEP and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) host to discuss the latest findings of a report by CEP and Berlin Risk, a German financial and political consultancy company based in Berlin, "Cryptocurrencies as Threats to Public Security and Counter Terrorism: Risk Analysis and Regulatory...

On May 6, 2020, CEP hosted a webinar that focused on the objective and implications of new online content moderation regulation and legislation and the status of the discussions surrounding them. It also addressed critical issues like automated content moderation (e.g. upload filters) and the need...

On May 6, 2020, CEP hosted a webinar that focused on the objective and implications of new online content moderation regulation and legislation and the status of the discussions surrounding them. It also addressed critical issues like automated content moderation (e.g. upload filters) and the need...

On May 6, 2020, CEP hosted a webinar that focused on the objective and implications of new online content moderation regulation and legislation and the status of the discussions surrounding them. It also addressed critical issues like automated content moderation (e.g. upload filters) and the need...

On DW News' "The Day with Brent Goff", Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses Germany's designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, including its criminal activities and role in conflicts around the world such as Syria...

Following the German government's designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in its entirety, banning all activities of the group in the country, CEP's Dr. Schindler explained the context and consequences of such a move...

The global networks of ISIS and al-Qaeda continue to operate, plan, and execute attacks during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The arrest of an ISIS-linked cell in Germany on April 15, 2020 is a reminder of that reality. The suspects were also reportedly involved in raising funds for their planned...

The global networks of ISIS and al-Qaeda continue to operate, plan, and execute attacks during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The arrest of an ISIS-linked cell in Germany on April 15, 2020 is a reminder of that reality. The suspects were also reportedly involved in raising funds for their planned...

On April 29, 2020, CEP senior director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler presented the latest CEP policy paper “Financing of Terrorism and Social Media Platforms”. The paper is based on recent CEP research concerning the major defensive mechanisms social media platforms can employ against the...