CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Allerdings zieht der Ukraine-Krieg nicht nur Rechtsextremisten an. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Seniordirektor der Anti-Extremismus-Organisation Counter Extremism Project, beobachtet auch Bemühungen von...

Tech & Terrorism: Deepfake May Be “Tip Of The Iceberg” In Russia’s Disinformation Campaign

On March 16, 2022, a deepfake video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling upon Ukrainian troops to surrender surfaced on several social media platforms and was placed on a Ukrainian news website by hackers. Ukrainian authorities had...

"Gregory Waters, an analyst at the Counter Extremism Project and nonresident fellow at the Middle East Institute, said there are more than a dozen recruitment centres in Syria run by Moscow-backed private pro-government armed groups."

Iran-Backed Houthis Continue Strikes Against Saudi Oil Facilities

Last week, Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen targeted a Saudi Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, days after Houthi rockets previously targeted the Jeddah facility and other locations in Saudi Arabia. While the attacks have caused...

"Elsheikh was born in Sudan in 1988 but moved to Britain as a child. His father left the family when he was seven years old, according to the non-profit Counter Extremism Project (CEP)."

"He studied mechanical engineering at Acton College in London, and was stabbed in a fight with a gang member when he was 19, according to the Counter Extremism Project."

"Despite the Azov movement’s international notoriety, Ukraine “is not a cesspit for Nazi sympathizers,” according to Alexander Ritzmann, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), based in Berlin."

CEP Webinar: Countering Extremism While Protecting Freedom of Speech with Jacob Mchangama

CEP discussion with Jacob Mchangama on his new book Free Speech: A Global History from Socrates to Social Media. This webinar explores his thought-provoking insight into the origins of free speech, what it means, whether it should protect blasphemy...

"Despite the Azov movement's international notoriety, Ukraine 'is not a cesspit for Nazi sympathizers,' according to Alexander Ritzmann, a senior adviser at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), based in Berlin... Plus -- Ritzmann says -- there are...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales op-ed: "Troubling reports are emerging from the nuclear talks in Vienna that the Biden administration is on the verge of removing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the list of...