"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...

"Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, an independent group following extremist organizations, said the war’s allure for far-right volunteer fighters is not surprising."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on GLOBAL with JJ Green

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks with JJ Green about al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's reemergence in a new propaganda video, which left clues to his whereabouts. Dr. Schindler says this is a significant development.

The Current State of Antisemitism | Presentation by CEP Senior Research Analyst Josh Lipowsky

Antisemitism remains alive and present, manifesting as violent attacks like the Tree of Life shooting as well as biased and exclusionary rhetoric from both the far-right and the far-left. Josh Lipowsky, a senior research analyst with the Counter...

"'He is a figurehead of the worst kind of right-wing extremism in Ukraine's history, and really only the hardest of the nationalist hardliners are fans of him,' Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, told Law360 Pulse...

CEP Webinar: Extremist Foreign Fighters Traveling to Ukraine: Security Risks and Mitigation Measures

Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 Speakers: Alexander Ritzmann – CEP senior advisor Joshua Fisher-Birch – CEP research analyst Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler – CEP senior director Sofia Koller – CEP senior research analyst Read the updated CEP Policy Brief here...

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in March 2022

Following is the March 2022 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. A review of developments throughout 2021 can be found here , and a full background and...

CEP-KAS Event: The Taliban’s Takeover In Afghanistan – Effects On Global Terrorism

Since the takeover of power by the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021, experts and politicians have been discussing what effect this event will have on global terrorism. Already during the first weeks after the Taliban’s victory, a trend became...