"Josh Lipowsky, senior research analyst, Counter Extremism Project, noted IEDs used in the US are not necessarily targeting surface transportation and include Molotov Cocktails."

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in September 2021

Following is the September 2021 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. Previous editions of ISIS Redux can be viewed through the following links: August...

"The publisher of the books, the American Futurist, describes itself as seeking 'to spread the message and ideas of James Mason' through 'the promotion of books, articles and all other forms of media.' Mason, a neo-Nazi writer whose work is cited in...

CEP Statement On EU Vote To Take Down Illegal Sports Streams Within 30 Minutes

Yesterday, the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) voted on an amendment to the Digital Services Act (DSA) requiring online platforms to take down illegal sports and entertainment streams within half an hour of being flagged.

"The publisher of the books, the American Futurist, describes itself as seeking 'to spread the message and ideas of James Mason' through 'the promotion of books, articles and all other forms of media.' Mason, a neo-Nazi writer whose work is cited in...

ICYMI: What Comes After The Taliban’s Latest Takeover Of Afghanistan

Last Thursday, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler authored an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal warning against the United Nations recognizing the Taliban formally as the government of Afghanistan. Schindler...

Tech & Terrorism: AP Investigation & CEP Research Finds Neo-Nazis Remain On Social Media

An investigation released last weekend by the Associated Press detailed the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)’s research on far-right extremist entities on social media in Germany, which found that the groups still maintained a presence on popular...

Russian Mercenaries To Fill Security Vacuum Given Impending French Withdrawal From Mali

Last week during the U.N. General Assembly, Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga accused France of abandoning Mali at the height of an ongoing Islamist insurgency. France announced that Operation Barkhane—France’s seven-year anti-terror...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "There are a couple points that are really, deeply concerning. The first is the ongoing, never-changed, symbiotic relationship between al-Qaeda and the Taliban."

"All told, there are at least 54 Facebook profiles belonging to 39 entities that the German government and civil society groups have flagged as extremist, according to research shared with The Associated Press by the Counter Extremism Project, a non...