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March 5, 2022

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler's chapter on terrorism financing published: "Countering the financing of terrorism must constantly adapt to new developments and challenges. The article outlines the financing mechanisms of the three basic...

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March 4, 2022

"And while in recent years Ukraine had discouraged such radical foreigners from entering the country, the government has issued new calls for international volunteers to help turn back the Russian invasion. On Wednesday, the Counter Extremism Project...

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March 2, 2022

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "'Immediately after the invasion, some groups within Ukraine affiliated with right-wing extremism, in particular the Azov Regiment, which is now part of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, have put...

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March 2, 2022

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "In a recent interview with EER, Hans-Jakob Schindler gave his take on the evolution of Al Qaeda and its changing role in the current world of Islamist terrorism. According to the analyst, Al...

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February 28, 2022

"For years, the combatants crossing Ukraine’s borders to pick up arms were joining the pro-Russian forces that had taken control of a territory in eastern Ukraine. Since 2014, more than 17,000 fighters from more than 50 countries have joined the...

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February 26, 2022

"According to the 'Counter Extremism Project,' members of the NSC are stockpiling weapons in preparation for a war they intend to fight, in the name of white supremacy. Their rhetoric is dangerous. Their intentions are violent. They have no home in...

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February 25, 2022

CEP Research Analyst Gregory Waters quoted: "Waters said that the Islamic State in Syria has again become capable of carrying out sophisticated operations. The group has developed 'a slimmer, centralized core of veteran fighters who are linked into...

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February 23, 2022

"On this episode of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler Sr., director of the Counter Extremism Project, discusses concerns about possible cyberattacks and physical harm Americans could encounter."

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February 22, 2022

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson quoted: "Ian Acheson, a former prison governor who carried out a government-commissioned review of Islamist extremism in jails, said he had raised security concerns with ministers. 'The HSU is supposed to be our most...

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February 16, 2022

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed for Washington Institute's podcast "Breaking Hezbollah Golden Rule," Season 1, Episode 2: "Hezbollah Goes Global": In December 1983, six blasts shook Kuwait’s capital city. Two prominent...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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