CEP Research at Senate Commerce Committee Hearing

At U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation's hearing, “Terrorism and Social Media: #IsBigTechDoingEnough ?", Chairman Senator John Thune cites CEP research on an ISIS bomb-making video.

A bomb-making manual believed to have been downloaded by a Derby man who was days away from launching a massive terrorist attack is still on Google, it has been claimed. David Ibsen, executive director of the Counter Extremism Project, which helps...

CEP Spokesperson Tara Maller on BBC World Service Radio

On January 18, 2018, CEP Spokesperson and Senior Policy Advisor Tara Maller discussed the January 17 U.S. Senate hearing on social media and technology companies responsibility to address online extremism on their platforms.

“The UK and the EU must recognize the semantic fallacy of a difference between the military and political wings of Hezbollah,” said David Ibsen, the executive director of the Counter-Extremism Project, a US-based non-government organization. “There...

Militias Beholden to Iran Complicate Future of Iraq

CEP released updated resources on three of Iraq's most powerful Shiite militias, part of a government sanctioned umbrella group that is heavily funded by and beholden to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Several of the groups have fought extensively on...

Updated CEP Interactive Map Highlights Extremism and Counter-Extremism Efforts in 45 Countries

(New York, NY) -- CEP today released new resources on extremism and counter-extremism efforts in six new countries, expanding to 45 the number of countries profiled in its interactive map. New countries profiled include Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia...

Three Years After Charlie Hebdo, Supermarket Killings

CEP released updated resources today on the third anniversary of the deadly attacks carried out at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and at a kosher supermarket in Paris by three gunmen.

Swedish Neo-Nazi Group Leader Guilty of Inciting Hatred

CEP released new resources on the neo-Nazi group the Nordic Resistance Movement and extremism and counter-Extremism in Sweden, following the conviction of NRM leader Simon Lindberg of “incitement to racial hatred.” A court found that in a speech...

CEP Senior Advisor and former National Intelligence Manager for Iran Norman Roule discusses the Iranian protests, the most significant since the 1979 revolution, and what might lie ahead in that country.

CEP Senior Adviser Norm Roule discusses Iran, Yemen conflict, and extremism in the Middle East on Bloomberg TV.