Eye on Extremism: November 17, 2025

Thousands of miles from the frontlines in Ukraine, where the Kremlin's war machine is steadily grinding forward, Russian forces face a potentially catastrophic situation in the West African nation of Mali as Al-Qaeda-loyal militants close in on the...

The Dark Side of OSINT: How Extremists Exploit Open-Source Intelligence

By Elena Martynova, EU GLOCTER PhD Candidate, Seconded to CEP The previous blog post examined how open-source intelligence (OSINT) has transformed modern counter-terrorism. By analyzing data from public sources such as satellite imagery, social media...

Since 2020, Active Clubs have expanded rapidly across the United States, Canada and Europe, including the U.K., France, Sweden, and Finland. Precise numbers are hard to verify, but the clubs appear to be spreading, according to The Counter Extremism...

DW talks to Sofia Koller, Senior Research Analyst at the Counter Extremism Project about counter terrorism efforts in Europe.

Eye on Extremism: November 14, 2025

The United States on Thursday designated four entities in Germany, Italy and Greece as global terrorists, accusing them of being "violent Antifa groups" as President Donald Trump takes aim at left-wing groups. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed on the 10th anniversary of the Paris terror attacks: “France is marking the 10th anniversary of the Paris terror attacks by Islamic State Jihadists, who killed more 130 people and wounded...

The Middle East conflict has radicalized many people in Islamist and left-wing extremist circles, [CEP Senior Director] Hans-Jakob Schindler said on NDR Info.

Islamist terrorist attacks are increasingly being carried out by lone perpetrators—radicalization is happening faster and faster and also affects minors. “We are in a very complex threat situation,” says terrorism expert [and CEP Senior Director]...

Eye on Extremism: November 13, 2025

France is making a significant effort to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks, which killed more than 130 people and injured more than 500. The coordinated shootings and suicide bombings by Islamic State extremists were the worst assaults...

"It confronted European officials with a new reality," comments Hans-Jakob Schindler, founder and current director of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)—based in New York and Berlin—and former head of the UN Security Council's Sanctions Monitoring...