Next U.S. Ambassador To Pakistan Will Engage With Country Beset By Terror Issues

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate held a confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden’s nominee, Donald Blome, to serve as ambassador to Pakistan. He is presently the U.S. ambassador to Tunisia. If confirmed, Ambassador Blome will pilot U.S. engagement in...

Female Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Challenges in Repatriation, Prosecution, and Rehabilitation

Since the 2019 fall of ISIS’s so-called “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, many countries have been faced with the challenge of repatriating female foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) who traveled to the region to participate in the conflict. In its new...

Extremist Content Online: Nordic Resistance Movement & Rise Above Movement Associated Content Located On YouTube

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. Last week, a YouTube channel run by the Finnish neo-Nazi website...

CEP Webinar: “Paramilitary Training Activities of Violent Right-Wing Extremists” | Panel 2

Event topic: “Paramilitary Training Activities of Violent Right-Wing Extremists: Threat, Mitigation Opportunities and Challenges” This webinar explored the issue of paramilitary training activities of violent right-wing extremists in Central and...

CEP Webinar: “Paramilitary Training Activities of Violent Right-Wing Extremists” | Panel 1

Event topic: “Paramilitary Training Activities of Violent Right-Wing Extremists: Threat, Mitigation Opportunities and Challenges” This webinar explored the issue of paramilitary training activities of violent right-wing extremists in Central and...

Antisemitism: What’s Old is New Again | Presentation by CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky

On December 12, 2021, CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky gave a presentation for Congregation Brit Shalom in State College, PA. "Antisemitism is threatening the Jewish community. Counter Extremism Project senior research analyst Josh Lipowsky...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted referenced: "Più che parlare di post-Daesh, si evoca un nuovo Daesh con una riorganizzazione del movimento jihadista, tra il ridispiegamento di El e gli appelli di al-Qaida a colpire l’Occidente...

Mass Casualty Attack Prompts U.S. To Condemn Violence In Mali

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of State condemned the December 3 attack on a civilian bus in Mali that killed 31 individuals and wounded 17 others. Gunmen opened fire on the bus as it was traveling from the village of Songho to a market in...

CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "There was a massive problem for many years already of sleeper cells of the Taliban inside the Kabul former government administration as well as the security forces...What is unusual is the extent...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Ancien expert des Nations unies et directeur du Counter Extremism Project, Hans-Jakob Schindler souligne la capacité de projection de l’État islamique au Khorasan (EIK), branche afghane de Daech...