Josh Lipowsky | CEP Webinar: The Stakes Of Houthi Aggression Against International Shipping Since Oct. 7

On January 30, 2024, CEP held a webinar to present a policy paper concerning the threat to global security posed by the Houthi attacks on the international shipping industry since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7, 2023. Report here...

Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) - Part 1

During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler: "Combating Hamas militarily must not only be a goal. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler also demands that the sources of income of the terrorist organization, which has an extensive support network, be...

Extremist Content Online: Audiobook Version of Jacksonville Dollar General Shooter’s Manifesto Released on Telegram

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread their ideologies and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located an audio recording of the Jacksonville...

"Hans-Jacob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), said ammonium nitrate – which is also used as a fertilizer - is the “'explosive of choice' for making quick and cheap improvised explosive devices. Overall, Schindler...

"One thing is clear: the Houthis are not harmless heroes. 'The Houthis are anti-Semitic and anti-Western. Their motto is: God is great, death to Israel, death to the USA, curse on the Jews, victory for Islam,' explains terrorism expert Hans-Jakob...

CEP Online Roundtable: Responding To Blasphemy

On January 24, 2024, CEP hosted an online roundtable with leading experts on political violence and free speech to discuss the complex question of how democracies should respond to blasphemy terrorism.

"The Houthis are described by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), an organisation which works to combat extremist groups and ideologies, as 'an Iranian-backed, Shiite Muslim armed religious and political movement in Yemen'."

"'With the second wave of joint US and UK attacks on multiple Houthi targets in Yemen on Tuesday, Edmund Fitton-Brown also warned of the risk of 'miscalculation', escalating to war between Tehran and Washington.'... 'There is the potential for the...

Extremist Content Online: White Supremacist Telegram Channels Spread Manifesto of Jacksonville Gunman

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) produces a weekly report on the methods used by extremist and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread their ideologies and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located the racist manifesto written by the...