Pakistan Forges Agreement With Al-Qaeda Affiliate

Last week, the government of Pakistan and the U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) agreed to a one-month ceasefire while the two conduct negotiations in Afghanistan under the auspices of the Afghan Taliban...

"Authorities say the person suspected of committing a terror attack in the U.K. last Sunday had been denied asylum in 2014. On this week’s episode of “The Hunt, with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Liam Duffy, Strategic Advisor for...

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: "The twin challenge from right-wing and Islamist terrorism will continue to dominate the terrorism threat landscape. Enabled and fuelled by technologies such as social media, internet communication and...

"i found one YouTube profile for a Moroccan-born Islamist preacher listed on the Counter Extremism Project’s Extremist Database, who is said to have played a role in radicalising a suicide bomber through sermons at a Paris mosque."

Former EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove Joins CEP Advisory Board

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today announced that former European Union (EU) Counterterrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove has joined its Advisory Board.

CEP Spotlight: Ian Acheson

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and senior official in the U.K. Home Office with more than 25 years of experience, is an expert in the U.K.’s criminal justice system, specifically the prevention of Islamist and right-wing...

Extremist Content Online: Former Atomwaffen Division Members Announced A New Splinter Group, Are Condemned By James Mason

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. On November 8, former members of the Atomwaffen Division (AWD) posted...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Desecration is a key goal for violent extremists. Terrorists abhor normality. If your objective is to terrify and demoralise a population and also to provoke a security response that makes life more restricted...

"Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Sr. Director at the Counter Extremism Project says the country is in serious trouble. Should the West help the Taliban, which is supporting Al Qaida? He says the choices are 'bad, worse, and ugly.'"

CEP Webinar supported by The Foreign Office of Germany on Nov. 10, 2021 | Alexander Ritzmann

Event topic: “The misuse of online services by transnational right-wing extremist and terrorist networks: threats, regulatory countermeasures, and challenges” Date: November 10, 2021 This webinar explored the current situation and regulatory...