Overlooking Intimidation? Student Protests, Democratic Freedoms and the Dutch Extremist Threat Landscape

In its Terrorist Threat Assessment for the Netherlands 2024, the Dutch National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid, NCTV) gives relatively limited consideration to elements of the...

Introducing Counter Extremism Perspectives and CounterPod – CEP’s New Podcasts

We’re excited to introduce two new audio podcasts from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), each offering unique insights into the evolving threats of extremism and global security. Whether you're looking for expert analysis or in-depth discussions...

Dr Hans-Jacob Schindler on Russian interference in terrorist attacks in Germany about the need to regulate social media platforms in a more strict way, requiring them to pro-actively cooperate with law enforcement in Europe (starts 19.39).

Eye on Extremism: April 10, 2025

The 48 plaintiffs cite reports from U.S. government agencies that say Iran and North Korea have long partnered on efforts to arm and train several designated terrorist organizations that carried out seven separate attacks on Army personnel, military...

Imam Abdullah S. has not committed any crimes to date. In the YouTube video, he also denies ever having advocated violence. However, Hans-Jakob Schindler of the research organization "Counter Extremism Project" expresses understanding for the Free...

Eye on Extremism: April 9, 2025

As calls for Lebanon's Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes. U.S...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: Riots are, thankfully, relatively rare in the UK. This is in large part thanks to the deterrent effect of the British justice system’s quick and harsh sentencing for rioters. Before last August, the last...

Crisis in the Sahel: New Policy Paper Warns of Spiraling Extremism and Military Coups in West Africa

(New York, N.Y.) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) have released a new policy paper, Countering Extremism in West Africa: What Options Are Left? , warning that extremist violence and political instability in...

"A wide-ranging investigation has been opened into a terror attack that took place on May 31, 2024, in Mannheim, Germany. Anecdotal evidence suggests the attacker may have had contact with operatives inside Russia. In this week’s episode of “The Hunt...

Eye on Extremism: April 8, 2025

The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat criminal gangs trafficking narcotics across the southern border, according to six current and former U.S. military, law...