CEP President Fran Townsend discusses the worldwide threat assessment presented in testimony to Congress and the importance of the relationship between the President and the intelligence community.

Senior Diplomatic Advisor Ambassador Marc Ginsberg writes in the Diplomatic Courier: "On January 23, 2019, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) spotted on Google’s YouTube platform vulgar videos from the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, which would...

“Designed to spread the vengeful ideology of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda, a website named Revolution Muslim (RM) was quietly launched into cyberspace in 2007 out of a Brooklyn apartment. RM was the brainchild of New Yorker Jesse Morton and Yousef al...

“From the depths of ISIS' self-proclaimed territory in Somalia, members of the terror group released a propaganda video, 'Men Who Have Been True', celebrating dead fighters and detailing the branch’s endeavors to provide food and medical aid to the...

“Five Americans were recently killed in terror attacks in Syria and Kenya. Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project Lucinda Creighton says complacency, online radicalization, and tech companies are a big part of the problem.”

“According to a new Counter Extremism Project (CEP) report, far-right groups are using Islamist techniques to recruit new followers. David Ibsen, CEP’s executive director, says: '[The far-right] Portraying themselves in this way is definitely a...

CEP Senior Advisory Dr. Hany Farid writes: "From child sexual exploitation to the sale of illegal drugs, extremism, and mis-information, the titans of technology have failed us. Given the pattern of behavior that we have seen over the past nearly two...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler writes: Terrorism is a phenomenon that knows no borders. The threat of extremist violence is a part of everyday life around the world, a fact that was demonstrated again and again in 2018. Due to the...

CEP Senior Advisor Lucinda Creighton writes: "It is widely recognised that the challenge of nationalism and illiberalism has been mounting in Europe for some years now. Political and social extremism are both on the rise. The curled lip and barbed...

"In December 2015, Buhari was confident enough to declare Boko Haram "technically" defeated. But the truth of that statement has since been repeatedly questioned. Suicide bombings and hit-and-run raids persisted, while troops were unable to stop...