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This 90-minute webinar from October 16, 2020 looked at the current security situation in Afghanistan, including the current status of the various terror groups still active in the country as well as questions on the impact a potential peace deal may have on the Taliban movement as a whole. Will its...

This 90-minute webinar from October 16, 2020 looked at the current security situation in Afghanistan, including the current status of the various terror groups still active in the country as well as questions on the impact a potential peace deal may have on the Taliban movement as a whole. Will its...

During GLOBSEC's Bratislava Forum 2020, CEP and GLOBSEC researchers presented findings from the most recent report in an ongoing joint project on the Muslim Brotherhood's activities in Central and Eastern Europe. Today's side event focused on three case studies: -Czech Republic...

On October 6, 2020, Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discussed the release of a report by Germany's domestic intelligence agency (BfV), which revealed that there were 377 cases of far-right extremism in the country's security forces between 2017-2020...

This webinar was conducted on the 30th of September 2020. Four leading experts presented the logistics of foreign fighters coming from the three ideological milieus:  Asya Metodieva, researcher, Institute of International Relations, Prague, will cover the travel logistics of foreign terrorist...

On September 30, 2020, CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with J.J. Green on WTOP's The Hunt to explain what happened this past week when Paris was rattled by a stabbing attack. The incident took place at the same location where 12 people were killed during the Charlie Hebdo attacks...

On September 23, 2020, GLOBSEC and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) held a webinar to launch the second report on the Muslim Brotherhood’s activities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), which focuses on three case studies: Muslim Brotherhood Activities in the Czech Republic, Poland, and...

On August 4, 2020, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke on BBC Newshour about the complicated task of repatriating children of ISIS members, some of whose parents are dead and others whose mothers are considered a security risk. According to Dr. Schindler, there are just about over 1,...

CEP Adviser Liam Duffy spoke with Ian Collins of talkRADIO about the case of Shamima Begum, who left her home in 2015 to join ISIS in Syria, and her potential return to the UK. "...the case is 'probably the most emotive' out of all surviving foreign fighters. But he added that she...

On July 14, The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted a webinar discussion on the upcoming European regulation of extremist content online in the context of the Digital Services Act. Introduction: Lucinda Creighton, Senior Europe Advisor to CEP Europe and former Europe Minister Speakers: Dr. Irene...