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"Kacper Rekawek, an expert on the flow of foreign fighters to the war in Ukraine and a nonresident research fellow at the Counter Extremism Project, says that while there are neo-Nazis from abroad in Ukraine, the problem shouldn’t be overblown."
[Translated from German] "Terrorist groups like IS and al-Qaida have an easy time in these camps. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the international non-profit organization Counter Extremism Project, warns of this. This monitors and evaluates the propaganda of Islamist terrorist groups in Africa. According to Schindler, growing stronger would mean 'that these groups are not only concentrating on gaining control over areas in the region, but are all still part of this global strategy, which means that attacks on the West are a priority.'"

CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "Last summer, Sir Salman Rushdie told a German magazine that some normality was finally returning to his life. Two weeks later, he was stabbed multiple times on stage in New York. The incident was a cruel reminder that, despite all the time elapsed and normality resumed, the fatwa against him was every bit as valid as the day it was announced: Valentine’s Day, 1989."
"Creighton continues trying to build ties between her home country and Israel as CEO of Vulcan Consulting, which helps Israeli and other companies get a foothold in the EU. She is also senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project and hosted a podcast on the rise in antisemitism in Europe."
"'The group’s ideology blends Islamism and Palestinian nationalism and seeks the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River...Hamas views the entirety of the land of Mandate Palestine—excluding the 80 percent of Palestine that became modern-day Jordan—as an Islamic birthright that has been usurped. To that end, Hamas does not recognize Israel’s right to exist and has dedicated itself to violently seeking Israel’s destruction,' says think tank Counter Extremism Project (CEP) about Hamas."
[Translated from German] "A report by the Counter Extremism Project, an international non-profit organization, on transnational connections shows how closely interwoven neo-Nazis from Object 21, a group that was believed to have been smashed after arrests in 2013, and the biker milieu were years ago between right-wing extremism, terrorism and organized crime from March 2023."
"Kacper Rekawek, a non-resident research fellow at the Counter Extremism Project, a Washington-based think tank, places the PMCs within a tradition of Russia having many different elements within its armed forces."
"The far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) made a historic breakthrough when it won a district election on Sunday thanks to an “unfortunate intersection” of flashpoints over immigration and the Ukraine war coinciding with the vote, extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler said....
Mr Schindler, a director at the Counter Extremism Project and former German diplomat in the Middle East, said several crises had 'deeply ingrained a sense of insecurity into society'.
'There was Covid, and then when Covid was slightly more under control, the Ukraine war started,' he said."

"Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, presented the latest trends in the Taliban’s relations with transnational narcotics syndicates, showing how heroin and methamphetamines produced in Afghanistan are smuggled across the region and beyond."

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