CEP Webinar: The NRM’s Activities, Strategies, and Tactics - Prof. Dr. Tore Bjørgo

On October 30, 2020 CEP held a webinar that focused on the NRM’s activities in the Nordic countries to explore the various facets of this group’s activities and operations. CEP was honored to welcome four of the most pertinent experts on this subject...

CEP Webinar: The NRM's Activities, Strategies, and Tactics - Dr. Tommi Kotonen

On October 30, 2020 CEP held a webinar that focused on the NRM’s activities in the Nordic countries to explore the various facets of this group’s activities and operations. CEP was honored to welcome four of the most pertinent experts on this subject...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks with Dr. Justine Walker on ACAMS "Sanctions Space" podcat. Dr. Schindler, a former Coordinator of the ISIL (Da’esh), al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team of the United Nations Security...

Counter Extremism Project Launches ‘Fighting Terror’ Podcast

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is pleased to launch the inaugural episode of our new podcast ‘Fighting Terror’. This exciting new podcast will explore different ways we can combat terrorism in society and will feature informative and compelling...

Regulation Is Needed To Protect Citizens From Terrorist Content Online

The dissemination of terrorist content online is one of the most challenging and dangerous misuses of online platforms by users. This propaganda of hate has an untold impact on the radicalization, recruitment, and training of terrorists across Europe...

"Others call for the authorities to adopt a harder approach. As Slovakia has done, the criminalisation of far-right networks should be approached through the counterterrorism lens, said Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism...

Tech & Terrorism: U.S. Justice Department Seizes Kata’ib Hezbollah Propaganda Websites

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the United States has seized two websites affiliated with U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH). The seized websites, Aletejahtv.com and kataibhezbollah.com...

Extremist Content Online: Instagram, Facebook Accounts Speading Pro-ISIS Propaganda

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, ISIS’s spokesperson Abu Hamza al-Qurashi released a video...

"The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, is classified by the Counter Extremism Project as a military, terrorist, transnational and violent group. The US government also officially designated the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation in...

CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace writes, "Counter-extremism and even online counterterrorism efforts require nuanced understanding and well-designed programmes based on well-founded theories of change. Such programmes are regularly evaluated and...