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 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. On Facebook, numerous pieces of pro-ISIS propaganda were found on...
An investigation released last weekend by the Associated Press detailed the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)’s research on far-right extremist entities on social media in Germany, which found that the groups still maintained a presence on popular...
The financing of violent right-wing extremist organizations and actors has increasingly become the focus of policy discussions. In 2020, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), commissioned by the German Federal Foreign Office, published a comprehensive...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
In Their Own Words:
Afghans chose the Taliban. They had been fighting the occupation for 20 years, and the Taliban won. What’s wrong with that?
Moussa Mohammed Abu Marzouk, Member of Hamas’s Political Bureau Aug, 27, 2021Four school children are among the 31 dead amid a violent surge in Syria. On Wednesday, a bombing of an army bus in… https://t.co/d2WwsSqDKs
Two former German soldiers arrested during raid in southern Germany on suspicion of attempting to form a terrorist… https://t.co/QxSXLkdtrm
In first deadly operation by regular UK forces since Afghanistan in 2014, British troops killed suspected ISIS-link… https://t.co/zpuVeGrNbF
Suspect in killing of Sir David Amess MP appeared before magistrates today, facing charges of murder and terror. Pr… https://t.co/rh4myepmSS
RT @dlibsen: New episode of @FightExtremism’s podcast out now, with host @LCreighton and guest @DavidADaoud, on Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon…
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