Eye on Extremism: June 9, 2025

In the space of just a few months, the al-Qaeda affiliate has overrun major cities in Burkina Faso and Mali, carried out the deadliest-ever attack on soldiers in Benin and expanded its hard-line Islamist rule across the region. No one knows when its...

CEP Managing Director Daniel Roth writes: “For years, a dangerous myth has taken root in progressive discourse that the worst excesses of antisemitism were a problem of the far right. As philosopher and author Sam Harris asserted on a recent episode...

CEP Senior Advisor Edmund Fitton-Brown writes: "As British Ambassador to Yemen from 2015 to 2017, and later in counterterrorism roles at the UN, I watched with growing frustration as Washington, despite its early clarity, lost the plot in Yemen –...

Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project draws attention to another risk. "Federal police officers could now be the last barrier to preventing attacks," said Schindler in an interview with this editorial team. Large...

Eye on Extremism: June 6, 2025

Israeli air strikes pummelled the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital late on Thursday, sending thousands of people fleeing on the eve of a Muslim feast day and prompting accusations by top Lebanese officials that Israel was violating a ceasefire...

In this episode, Daniel J. Levy speaks with Edmund Fitton-Brown, former UK Ambassador to Yemen, about the evolving Houthi threat and its implications for Israel, the Gulf states, and the broader regional balance of power. They explore the role of the...

According to Hans-Jakob Schindler of the research organization "Counter Extremism Project," Qaradawi was "generally regarded as the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood."

Eye on Extremism: June 5, 2025

President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The ban takes effect...