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  • EU Commission consultation – Digital Services Act package – ex ante regulatory instrument of very large online platforms acting as gatekeepers

    The current draft DSA is based on a set of narratives about the role, function and business models of so-called gatekeeper platforms that do not seem to adequately reflect their actual functionality and commercial purpose.

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  • European Ethno-Nationalist and White Supremacy Groups

    This CEP resource outlines the history, propaganda, violent activities, and notable rhetoric of some of the continent's most active ethno-nationalist and white supremacist groups. Continue Reading

  • European Responses to Terror

    Since the end of WWII, extremist groups have carried out numerous acts of violence in Europe in the pursuit of political and religious objectives. The policy responses from European governments have too often failed to deter future attacks or dismantle terrorist networks.
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  • Extremism in Erdoğan’s AKP

    This report explores extremist trends and thinking within the AKP and their impact on freedom and democracy in Turkey.
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  • Extremist Converts

    This resource identifies 131 American, Canadian, Australian, and European converts to Islam from diverse backgrounds who have become or attempted to become extremist propagandists or recruiters (13), foreign fighters (53), or domestic terrorists (74).
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  • Extremist Foreign Fighters in Ukraine

    The study focuses on the motivations of western foreign fighters from the extreme right-wing milieu. It also assesses to what extent these individuals pose a security threat.
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  • Extremist Hubs

    CEP’s Extremist Hubs resource examines a list of the neighborhoods, cities, and states that Western news outlets, mayors, and other government officials have labeled as “hotbeds of extremism” or “extremism hubs.”
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  • Extremists & Online Propaganda

    This report profiles 168 individuals who consumed official propaganda materials produced by the media arms of groups like ISIS, al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and al-Shabab, which are intentionally crafted to radicalize, inspire, and incite to violence.
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  • Extinction Inc. Illegal Wildlife Trafficking After the Pandemic

    IWT is one of the most valuable forms of international organised crime. Increasingly, the vast profits generated by IWT are captured not by small-time operators, but by highly organised criminal and extremist networks mainly headquartered in Europe and Asia.
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  • Eyes of the Regime: How the Houthi Security and Intelligence Service Ensures Political Domination in Yemen

    One key instrument enabling the Houthis to maintain and expand their control of Yemen is the group's Security and Intelligence Service (SIS). This report outlines the personnel and activities of SIS's senior ranks and the ways that SIS advances Houthi interests.
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  • Far-Left Extremist Groups in the United States

    Far-left extremism in the United States largely centers around the notion of correcting an injustice but is otherwise broad in its ideological catchment. CEP has profiled 11 far-left movements either previously or currently active in the United States. Continue Reading

  • Female Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Challenges in Repatriation, Prosecution, and Rehabilitation

    Following the 2019 fall of ISIS’s so-called “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, the repatriation of female FTFs has led to a series of challenges.
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Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

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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