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  • The Transnational Nexus of Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, and Organized Crime

    This study seeks to foster a better understanding of the transnational nexus between right-wing extremism/terrorism and organized crime and to encourage cooperation between relevant government agencies and civil society organizations.
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  • The Wagner Group in the Central Sahel

    This report explores the implications of the presence of the Wagner Group across the central Sahel and determines whether the Kremlin-based private military company (PMC) has increased or deteriorated security across the region.
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  • Transferring Good P/CVE Practices Across Phenomena and Countries

    This report summarizes a CEP webinar supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.

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  • Tunisia: A Nascent Democracy Under Siege

    At the end of 2010, Tunisia witnessed the beginning of the Arab Spring, and the country soon commenced its transition to democracy. This report discusses how Tunisia works towards a democratic future in the face of radicalization and terrorism as well as socio-economic problems.
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  • U.K. Online Harms White Paper Consultation Questions Submission

    The U.K. government’s Department for Digital, Media, Culture, and Sport and Home Office jointly published the Online Harms White Paper in April 2019. CEP submitted its responses to several of the White Paper’s consultation questions.
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  • Unsolved Murders in Syria’s Badia: Truffle Hunters in the Crosshairs and ISIS at Large

    This report is part of a multi-year study of ISIS’s ongoing insurgency in central Syria, including an analysis of attacks against civilians, who have been regularly targeted in the Badia.
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  • Vehicles as Weapons of Terror

    CEP has documented major vehicular incidents in Vienna, Ohio, Berlin, London, Antwerp, Stockholm, Paris, Barcelona, Edmonton, and New York.
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  • Violence Against Perceived Blasphemers in the West: From Khomeini’s Fatwa to the Present

    The report examines a strand of Islamist violence motivated by perceived acts of blasphemy, its evolution, and the paradoxical responses to both perceived insults and violent responses.
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  • West Africa's Terrorism Challenge: Countering Extremism in West Africa: What Options Are Left

    The security situation in large parts of West Africa is deteriorating rapidly, accompanied by an authoritarian turn following recent coups. This policy paper addresses the question of what options remain, by examining the current security and political context, exploring previous and contemporary regional responses, and
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  • West Africa’s Terrorism Challenge: Development of al-Qaeda in the Western Sahel Region

    This paper analyzes the structure of JNIM, how it is financed, and how its various groups operate jointly. It also identifies potential challenges that may arise from expanded JNIM activity from Mali and Burkina Faso.
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  • West Africa’s Terrorism Challenge: Interlinkage of terrorism and transnational organized crime in West Africa

    This paper expands on the role of transnational organized crime and its use in West Africa to support these terror networks financially.
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  • West Africa’s Terrorism Challenge: Linkages of terrorist groups in West Africa with terrorist networks in other African regions

    This paper analyzes the interplay between JNIM, ISWAP, and ISGS with terrorist groups in North, West-Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.
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Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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