The violent right-wing extremist 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.
Three years ago, Darren Osbourne drove a van into a crowd of worshippers outside The Finsbury Park Mosque, killing one and wounding ten people. Osbourne was not a devout ideologue. He had become radicalized in less than a month through the rapid...
Following the shooting in Hanau, Germany, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) warns against underestimating the threat posed by right-wing extremism.
CEP is providing resources on extremism and counter-extremism in Canada on the anniversary of the January 29 attack at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center in Quebec City. Right-wing extremist Alexandre Bissonnette is accused of carrying out the attack...
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about the arrest of a right-wing extremist terror cell in Germany.
Since Spring 2024, new Neo-Nazi youth formations have emerged across Germany. These groups visually and organizationally resemble the “Kameradschaft” (comradeship) scene of the 1990s and 2000s. Currently, three parallel strategies dominate the...
"Guest: Hans Jacob Schindler, Senior Director at the Counter Extremism Project and former key advisor to the United Nations Security Council.
Episode Overview: In this episode, Filip Brokes sits down with Hans Jacob Schindler, a renowned expert in the field of counter-terrorism and extremism. Hans provides an in-depth analysis of the growing threat of right-wing extremism, its financing mechanisms, and the international response to this rising danger. Drawing from his extensive career, including pivotal roles within the German government and the United Nations, Hans offers a unique perspective on how these extremist groups operate and what can be done to counter them."
"The inquiry has received 21 additional submissions, including from ASIO, the Australian Human Rights Commission, and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a New York-based “international” NGO set up by former US government officials."
CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann interviewed on podcast for topic: "We shed light on the different sources of funding within the right-wing extremist scene, the partial connections to organized crime, the relationship between rocker groups and brotherhoods as well as networks and structures and address the connection between personal economic interests and the connection to the overarching ideology. Current developments in the wake of the recent club bans and self-dissolution of brotherhoods will also be discussed."
Dr. Spasimir Domaradzki, Assistant Professor, University of Warsaw & Senior Researcher, Institute of Central Europe
CEP-GLOBSEC Webinar: Violent Right-Wing Extremism in Bulgaria and Hungary | Nov 14, 2023
Right-wing extremist groups and networks have been growing substantially in many European countries in recent years, including in Central Europe. Many of these movements espouse new right-wing extremist narratives, have a pro-Russian stance, and reject globalization as well as what they call “western” values. All of these movements reject human equality and try to institutionalize inequality. In both Hungary and Bulgaria, the far-right scene consists of a diverse set of actors: from political parties to paramilitary groups to networks outside the formal political structure, such as football clubs.
Sources of financing are as diverse as the actors themselves, and usually include many different streams, such as cultural platforms, for income. In both countries, online media platforms and social media are misused by the extreme right for propaganda and recruitment. In both Bulgaria and Hungary, government reactions are in many instances not decisive enough to effectively contain these movements.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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