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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "It was an atrocity that shook the nation. In June last year, Valdo Calocane stabbed to death 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar in Nottingham, going on to kill 65-year-old Ian Coates. Calocane then stole Mr Coates’ van and used it to seriously injure three more people by mowing them down in the street before police apprehended him."
"Edmund Fitton-Brown, Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project and former Ambassador of the UK to Yemen said 'it could all very easily spiral out of control'."
"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."

CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "The British public’s first real introduction to Anjem Choudary was as a supporting cast member in Jon Ronson’s 1997 documentary The Tottenham Ayatollah. The pioneering gonzo reporter closely followed the surreal day-to-day of Omar Bakri Muhammad, a Syrian-born former member of both the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizb ut-Tahrir who went on to found the more radical Salafi-jihadist activist network al-Muhajiroun (ALM)."
CEP Senior Advisor Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown: "Bill is joined by Long War Journal and Generation Jihad regulars Edmund Fitton-Brown and Caleb Weiss to discuss the latest report by the UN’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team on the status of jihadi groups in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East."
CEP research reports on Robert Rundo and the Nordic Resistance Movement.
"Edmund Fitton-Brown, Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project and former Ambassador of the UK to Yemen, told MailOnline this evening 'it could all very easily spiral out of control'.
'In essence, I think Iran and Israel would both prefer to avoid escalation out of control,' he said.
'But Iran (and Hezbollah) both want to be seen to respond to the Israeli assassinations.
'Calibrating such responses in such a way as to save face and yet avoid escalation gets more difficult with each successive round of skirmishing.
'The US is also part of this picture, seeking both to restrain Israel and to deter Iran,' he said."
CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The Home Secretary has admitted a thing that has long been known to those of us without close protection officers: that in many communities, people often feel that ‘crime has no consequences’. "
"The Counter Extremism Project has also warned of the threat from 'active clubs', which were created in the United States in 2020 to 'make fascism fun'."
"But the Counter Extremism Project said there was increasing evidence to suggest the network’s main objective was the creation of 'shadow militias' that could be called upon for violent action."
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