Recent events in the United States, in particular the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6 highlighted again the escalating threat by right-wing extremists and terrorists. A new leaderless, transnational, apocalyptic, and violent...
The violent right-wing extremist and terrorist milieu in the United States and Europe has developed a distinctly transnational character in its activities and therefore presents an increasing security threat on both sides of the Atlantic.
In November 2020, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) released its report, Violent Right-Wing Extremism – Transnational Connectivity, Definitions, Incidents, Structures and Countermeasures, which was commissioned by the German Federal Foreign Office...
College campuses across the United States are increasingly becoming targets for extremist groups seeking to recruit young, impressionable minds and legitimize their movements. This appeal to students reflects an evolving strategy by hate groups in...
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 pro-ISIS supporter recirculated a previously released...
According to a new report by the United Kingdom’s Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE), extremists of all spectrums, including neo-Nazis and the far right, have been exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to launch broad misinformation campaigns...
Following the shooting in Hanau, Germany, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) warns against underestimating the threat posed by right-wing extremism.
The youth organization of the NPD successor party Die Heimat, Junge Nationalisten (JN), for example, relies on decentralized "Tiktok divisions" in addition to numerous newly founded so-called Revolte local groups, as a digital report by the Else-Frenkel-Brunswik-Institut (EFBI) in Leipzig noted. These groups "pursue a sophisticated social media strategy by using youth-oriented aesthetics such as bomber jackets, sneakers, combat boots or fashwave looks and combining topics such as migration with identity and self-valorization offers", writes Alexander Ritzmann from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP).
On July 17, 2025, CEP hosted a webinar, "Back to the 90's? New Neo-Nazi Youth Groups in Germany and Poland". CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann gave a presentation on the extreme-right (youth) strategies and developments in Germany.
In the last few years, new neo-Nazi youth formations have emerged across Germany and Poland. Some of these groups visually and organizationally resemble the German “Kameradschaft” (comradeship) scene of the 1990s and 2000s. Our experts will discuss how dangerous this development is and how can it be countered.
CEP has published a policy brief in German and a short article in English on the situation in Germany.
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