Eye on Extremism: April 10, 2025

The 48 plaintiffs cite reports from U.S. government agencies that say Iran and North Korea have long partnered on efforts to arm and train several designated terrorist organizations that carried out seven separate attacks on Army personnel, military...

Imam Abdullah S. has not committed any crimes to date. In the YouTube video, he also denies ever having advocated violence. However, Hans-Jakob Schindler of the research organization "Counter Extremism Project" expresses understanding for the Free...

Eye on Extremism: April 9, 2025

As calls for Lebanon's Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes. U.S...

Crisis in the Sahel: New Policy Paper Warns of Spiraling Extremism and Military Coups in West Africa

(New York, N.Y.) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) have released a new policy paper, Countering Extremism in West Africa: What Options Are Left? , warning that extremist violence and political instability in...

"A wide-ranging investigation has been opened into a terror attack that took place on May 31, 2024, in Mannheim, Germany. Anecdotal evidence suggests the attacker may have had contact with operatives inside Russia. In this week’s episode of “The Hunt...

Eye on Extremism: April 8, 2025

The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat criminal gangs trafficking narcotics across the southern border, according to six current and former U.S. military, law...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler spoke with RTL Nachtjournal about the closure of schools in the western German city of Duisburg following right-wing extremist threats.

Eye on Extremism: April 7, 2025

Plans for a new national police body to lead the fight against terrorism and serious organised crime are being drawn up, as UK police chiefs consider the biggest overhaul of policing since the 1960s. Under the proposals, counter-terrorism policing...

Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Group The Base Calls for Attacks on Ukrainian Government Personnel; ISIS-K-Linked Media Group Claims Monero Support Can Purchase Weapons

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers found a new project announced by the neo-Nazi...

CEP Nonresident Fellow Ari Heistein writes: "Despite rumors of high-level assassinations and the destruction of secret facilities, it is too early to declare the American campaign in Yemen a success. Still, there is reason to believe the Houthis have...