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  • Khomeinism

    Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s Islamist, populist agenda—dubbed “Khomeinism” by scholar Ervand Abrahamian—has radicalized and guided Shiite Islamists both inside and outside Iran.
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  • Libya's Fight for Survival: Defeating Jihadist Networks

    This publication is a compilation of four different essays that focus on radicalization in Libya. The essays assess the current on-the-ground situation. They identify and analyze patterns and trends as well as specific local and regional developments.
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  • Looks can be deceiving: Extremism meets paramilitarism in Central and Eastern Europe

    This report is the result of the author’s work on a variety of endeavors with CEP, namely a 2020-21 research project on radical foreign fighters in Ukraine and a project on the transnational connectivity of the Western extreme right.
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  • Mapping Right-Wing Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe

    This GLOBSEC report is the final product of the project “Mapping of Violent Right-Wing Extremist Groups in Central and Eastern Europe” supported by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP).
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  • Marching home? Why repatriating foreign terrorist fighters is a pan-European priority

    Since the fall of ISIS’s caliphate, hundreds of European FTFs and their families remain incarcerated in overcrowded, insecure and unsanitary prisons and camps in Syria and Iraq. Nonetheless, there is a broad European resistance to the idea of bringing ‘dangerous traitors’ home.
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  • Members of the Taliban’s Interim Government

    Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the movement claimed it would take on a more moderate and inclusive approach in their ruling of the country. However, the Taliban announced appointments within their caretaker government that resembled the regime of the 1990s.
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  • Muslim Brotherhood on U.S. Campuses

    While the Internet is filled with false accusations and conspiracy theories regarding Brotherhood infiltration at the highest levels of the U.S. government, it is nonetheless accurate to note the Brotherhood’s involvement in Muslim-Americans’ university life dates back to the 1960s.
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  • OK Google, Show Me Extremism: Analysis of YouTube’s Extremist Video Takedown Policy and Counter-Narrative Program

    In August 2018, CEP reviewed a total of 649 YouTube videos for extremist and counter-narrative content. The result highlights the extent of the enduring problem of terrorist content on YouTube.
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  • Opaque Operations: The Transparency Gap in Humanitarian Work in Somalia

    Decades of humanitarian crisis in Somalia have led to an equally entrenched system of diverting humanitarian aid to malign actors. This report focuses on ways in which UN/INGOs must act transparently, responsibly, and effectively in Somalia.
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  • Paraguay and Terrorism in the Tri-Border Area

    Numerous terrorist groups operate in Paraguay’s southeast near its border with Argentina and Brazil. U.S.-sanctioned terrorist groups, including Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, and Hamas, are believed to recruit, plan attacks, and fundraise in the TBA, and within Paraguay specifically.
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  • Paramilitary Training Activities of Violent Right-Wing Extremists: Threat, Mitigation Opportunities, and Challenges

    This report summarizes a CEP webinar supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Moreover, it provides detailed CEP policy recommendations regarding the issue set.

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  • Party-Bashing Postings: The New Neo-Nazi Youth?

    Since spring 2024, new violence-oriented right-wing extremist youth structures have been forming in Germany. What is behind the "revolt strategy" of the Young Nationalists, the decentralized "TikTok divisions" and the Active Club network? Is there a new "comradeship model 2.0"? How high is the potential

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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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