CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts quoted: "Alongside the power the Taliban has demonstrated over the last few days and the potential extremism potentially brewing beneath the surface, the UK and the West will bear the consequences."

CEP Statement on the Anniversary of the Barcelona and Cambrils Attacks

Four years ago, on August 17, 2017, Islamist terrorists drove a rented white van down Barcelona’s busy Las Ramblas boulevard at high speed, careering into pedestrians on the packed tourist street. The following day, five members of the same jihadist...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Ambassador Nathan Sales, coordinator for counterterrorism under the Trump Administration, has accused President Joe Biden of disregarding "the advice of career professionals and head for...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Former Coordinator for counterterrorism Nathan. A Sales discusses Biden's speech on events unfolding in Afghanistan and his approach to handling the withdrawal."

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "The world should expect little change in the character of the Taliban after nearly 20 years in exile, said Nathan Sales, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'The Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is the best news Al Qaeda has had in decades,' he wrote in a briefing paper for the Atlantic Council."

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "With the Taliban back in power, he said, 'it is virtually certain that Al Qaeda will reestablish a safe haven in Afghanistan and use it to plot terrorism against the United States and others...

Taliban Declares War Over Following U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

Taliban forces seized Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Sunday, as the Western-backed government collapsed. That same day, President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Given the severity of the situation, the Pentagon authorized another 1,000 troops...

"Sir Ivor Roberts, a former UK counter-terrorism chief and senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, a New York-based think tank, said: ‘This is a moment of extreme danger for the West."

"Sir Ivor Roberts, a former UK counter-terrorism chief and senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project, a Washington-based think tank, said: ‘This is a moment of extreme danger for the West."