Extremist Content Online: ISIS Spokesperson Releases Audio Message Calling for Attacks Against the Syrian Government and Praising Recent Acts of Terrorism

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. On February 21, ISIS’s spokesperson Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari released an official audio...

Eye on Extremism: February 23, 2026

U.S. and other Western security officials say they are monitoring increasingly worrisome signs that Iran could direct proxies to conduct retaliatory terrorist attacks against American targets in Europe and the Middle East if President Trump orders...

[CEP Senior Advisor] Extremism expert Alexander Ritzmann said on the Tagesschau news program that “active clubs” serve one purpose: to build a network of right-wing extremists who are prepared to fight and use violence.

ARCHER, an initiative of the Counter Extremism Project, actively combats antisemitism, extremism, and terrorism while preserving historical memory. Elliott is co-chair of The Fund to End Antisemitism, Extremism and Hate, which fundraises for ARCHER.

The new leader will need to navigate between international calls, led by the United States and Israel, for the group to disarm, and resistance to that demand from its armed wing, which fought Israeli forces in Gaza. Hamas, however, said it would...

In fact, the regime has long been using the conflict with the US for propaganda purposes to strengthen its own position. "The Iranian regime wants to send two messages. Domestically: 'We are strong.' And internationally: 'We can also defend ourselves...

Counter Extremism Project Appoints Dr. Nicolas Stockhammer as Non-Resident Fellow

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nicolas Stockhammer as a Non-Resident Fellow, strengthening the organization’s reach to its partners in Austria as well as its analytical capabilities on radicalization...

Eye on Extremism: February 20, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump told the first meeting of his Board of Peace on Thursday that nations had contributed $7 billion to a Gaza reconstruction fund that aims to rebuild the enclave once Hamas disarms, an objective that is far from becoming a...

Eye on Extremism: February 19, 2026

Islamist militants have killed dozens of soldiers and civilians and overrun an army detachment over the past week in coordinated attacks across multiple regions of Burkina Faso, according to internal reports by two diplomatic missions reviewed by...

Counter Extremism Project's Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses the ongoing and developing situation in Iran.