Beneath the Rubble of Peace: Chechnya, a Struggle Renewed

Since its brutal subjugation in the early 2000s, Russia has simultaneously succeeded and failed in establishing a stable Chechnya. It succeeded in crushing most of the armed resistance in the country, and it expelled many of those who were left to...

Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Channel Releases New Monero Wallet Address Following Arrest of Alleged Propagandist

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 Monero wallet shared by an ISIS-K-linked...

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...