"In the Pacific Northwest, the group has defaced civil rights and Pride murals, and monuments and signs that promote equality, a tactic it employs nationally, according to the Counter Extremism Project, The Seattle Times reported."

CEP report linked to: "In 2005 a Danish newspaper published a number of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammed, which led to a global battle of values over the relationship between freedom of expression and religion. Despite multiple terrorist...

"Ian Acheson, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, told The Independent that 'police officers in Northern Ireland don’t need much of an excuse to look for another job at the moment'. 'You’ve got to see this in context – not just of the...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "But in this part of the UK, police officers face an enduring and unique threat from a terrorist gang that is desperate to maintain its relevance by murdering them. Dissident republican terrorists who reject...

ICYMI: CEP Warns Of Regional Destabilization Post Niger Coup

On July 26, soldiers detained President Mohamed Bazoum and seized power in Niger in a military coup. Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler shared his analysis of the coup incited by General Abdourahmane Tchiani with...

Cyberterrorism – The Paradigm of Deterring, Detecting, and Defending

As a highly complex construct, what is referred to as cyberspace includes the World Wide Web, social media platforms, and intranets as well as other networks such as telephone networks, satellite communication networks, the Global Positioning System...

Al-Shabaab Sets Sights on Kenya

Since May 2023, Kenya has witnessed a surge of violent activity from al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based terrorist group. The uptick in attacks began after Nairobi and Mogadishu announced a planned reopening of their borders, a frontier that has been...

Lebanon, Hezbollah, and the Anniversary—and Failure—of Resolution 1701

Over the past few months, Hezbollah , Iran’s Shiite terrorist proxy in Lebanon , has been making increasingly aggressive moves along the Lebanon-Israel border. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has noted the increased tensions...

"Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project and former coordinator of a terror monitoring team in the UN Security Council, told The Media Line that Syria no longer operates as IS’s center of gravity as it once did. He...

"The John Brown Gun Club, named after the 19th century slavery abolitionist, promotes the abolition of police and other perceived symbols of oppression, according to the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project, which tracks extremism on the far right and...