CEP Spotlight: Hans-Jakob Schindler

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler is a sought-after expert in the structure and financial operations of major terrorist groups, owing to his five years as a member of the ISIL (Da’esh), al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team of the...

U.S.-Trained Somali Counterterrorism Force Abandons Mission

Recent reports have indicated that the Puntland Security Force (PSF), a U.S.-trained Somali counterterrorism force, has abandoned its mission and retreated to its headquarters in protest of a new commander imposed by the Puntland government. The PSF...

"In a separate report by the Counter Extremism Project think tank, titled Female Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Challenges In Repatriation, Prosecution, And Rehabilitation, nations are warned that a lack of action in dealing with female fighters will...

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...