"Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Coordinator, Counter-Extremism Project, New York, said that counter-terrorism is a common area of interest for Berlin and Islamabad. He said his organisation monitors activities of terrorist outfits from ISIS to the Taliban...

Tech & Terrorism: Twitter Fails To Consistently Remove Houthi And IRGC Accounts

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has consistently called for clear guidelines from tech companies to target and remove the “worst of the worst” terrorist and extremist material on their platforms. One clause within Twitter’s terms of service...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "In the last five years there have been at least five terrorist acts committed in this country by violent extremists who have had previous contact with Prevent. Once is too many. Five events that outraged and...

"On the week’s edition of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, says this is a 'peculiar case.'"

CEP Report: Dutch Foreign Fighters – Before, During And After The IS “Caliphate”

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today published a new report Dutch Foreign Fighters: Before, During and After the IS “Caliphate,” written by CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy.

CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann writes: "Nonetheless, western media has come to develop a sort of Azov obsession, buoyed by a complete lack of nuance in the reporting around this group. One key factor missing in all of the analyses of the Azov...

"Ian Acheson, a former prison governor and senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project, said the official narrative that the far-right is the fastest growing threat is a 'comfort blanket' obscuring the 'patently more potent threat of Islamist...

"On this week’s edition of 'The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob-Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, said Ayman Al- Zawahiri left clues to his whereabouts."

ICYMI: CEP Analysis On Foreign Fighters In The 2022 Russia-Ukraine War

On April 5, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) hosted a webinar featuring a panel of experts to discuss the travel of extremist right- and left-wing foreign fighters seeking to join the Russia-Ukraine war. As the fighting continues, countries must...

"Security officials in Germany have visited known far-right extremists to warn them not to travel to fight in Ukraine. It is one method western states are using to discourage extremists from taking up arms amid fears returning right-wing fighters...