Belfast and Glasgow “are the perfect environment” for any group that wants to develop street‑fighting capacity without drawing early police attention. Alexander Ritzmann talks to The National about the far-right forces behind recent race riots.

Extreme-Right Active Clubs are Treating the Riots in Belfast as a Case Study in Effective Violent Mobilization

Knife attacks conducted by refugees or citizens with a recent immigration background in England and Northern Ireland have been followed by anti-immigration and extreme-right street violence. Two recent articles by the violent extreme-right Active...

Eye on Extremism: June 12, 2026

The U.S. has hit back against threats to now block another Middle East waterway by Iranian terror proxy, the Houthis. Earlier this week, the group declared a complete ban on Israeli-owned ships using the Red Sea, declaring them to be "legitimate...

Eye on Extremism: June 11, 2026

Iran is waging a calculated campaign to preserve Lebanon as its last bastion of influence on the Mediterranean, tying the country's fate to a grand bargain with Washington as it seeks to end Hezbollah's war with Israel on its own terms, not Beirut's...

Eye on Extremism: June 10, 2026

The Kuwait Army announced it was intercepting hostile aerial targets after Iranian media reported Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had targeted the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait early Wednesday morning. The IRGC also said they had targeted...

The old Goebbels villa north of Berlin has been decaying for years. Now an international organization wants to turn it into a center against antisemitism. The future of the site remains uncertain. An international anti -extremism organization plans...

Eye on Extremism: June 9, 2026

A new State Department report accuses Iran, Russia and China of incorporating antisemitic narratives, threats and attacks into operations in both the physical and cyber domains. Axios: Scoop: State Dept. accuses top U.S. foes of weaponized...

Now is the time for the global community to rally against a weakened Hezbollah

Last week, the governments of Lebanon and Israel agreed to a new U.S.-brokered ceasefire that would theoretically bring calm to northern Israel, which has been targeted by Hezbollah rockets since March, and southern Lebanon, where Israeli troops have...

Russia and the Taliban are building an increasingly close relationship despite decades of hostility and conflict. In this episode of Eastern Express, we examine why Moscow has become the first country to officially recognize the Taliban government...

Eye on Extremism: June 8, 2026

The Middle East is suddenly bracing for war again. Iran fired missiles at Israel late Sunday in the first such bombardment in the two months since a ceasefire. Israel launched airstrikes early Monday targeting central and western Iran in response...