CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson quoted: "Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and a counter-terrorism expert who reviewed extremism in prisons for the government, said that organised crime groups could use copies of the layouts along with other...

“Dark Foreigner”: Canada’s Outsized Far-Right Export

While the United States is often credited with being the most significant exporter of far-right extremism, Canada is vying for the spotlight this week. Monday, Patrick Gordon Macdonald made his first appearance at the Ottawa Courthouse. Better known...

"There were 46 Active Clubs in the US in August 2023, the most recent numbers available, according to the Counter Extremism Project. In April 2023, the Accelerationism Research Consortium, which tracks hate groups, had found 30 Active Clubs in 17...

“Hezbollah has been classified as a terrorist organization in Germany since 2019. Nevertheless, it has a considerable support scene - also in Germany and Europe. In an interview, extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler explains Hezbollah's activities...

"This year has been a transformative one for terrorist groups, proven by the fact there have been increasingly radical background actors discovered in Europe and the United States. In this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security...

“According to experts, the Norwegian right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik cannot be classified as mentally ill. In a new report, two experts stated, according to the NTB news agency, that the 45-year-old is neither considered ill nor psychotic...

"'Russia could easily suffer losses from indiscriminate Houthi actions in the Red Sea. But it's happy to run that risk for what it sees as bigger gains from stoking conflict,' said Edmund Fitton-Brown, Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project...

CEP Non-Resident Fellow Ari Heistein made an appearance on “The WarCast” podcast from War On The Rocks to discuss recent events in Yemen.

"Cotler is an advisory board member of United Against Nuclear Iran and the Counter Extremism Project."

CEP – KAS: Sahel Monitoring June 2024

This nineteenth and final monthly report will analyse the most important events and trends in Jihadi-terrorist social media reporting from the Sahel in the month of June 2024. Although the number of reported incidents by al-Qaeda and Islamic State...