CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "There was a massive problem for many years already of sleeper cells of the Taliban inside the Kabul former government administration as well as the security forces...What is unusual is the extent...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "Ancien expert des Nations unies et directeur du Counter Extremism Project, Hans-Jakob Schindler souligne la capacité de projection de l’État islamique au Khorasan (EIK), branche afghane de Daech...

Extremist Content Online: YouTube Hosts Video of Debate With Neo-Nazi James Mason Who Promotes Antisemitism and Violence

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, evangelist Bob Larson and neo-Nazi James Mason had a live...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler Participates in Stimson Center Webinar

Recent media reports allege that disunity among the Permanent Five (P5) members of the UN Security Council has led Russia to block appointments of experts to UN sanctions monitoring panels, threatening a new Cold War style-stalemate. These technical...

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler participated in a webinar hosted by the Stimson Center exploring the UN sanctions system and the influential role of the E10.

CEP Advisory Board member and member of European Parliament Radek Sikorski writes: "Closer to home, the resurgence of the Taliban and its affiliates poses serious security threats to Europe. The EU must be ready for an upgrade of its terror alert...

ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency in November 2021

Following is the November 2021 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. Previous editions of ISIS Redux can be viewed through the following links: October...

Tech & Terrorism: U.S. Court Sentences ISIS Supporter To 16 Years In Prison For Aiding Terror Group

On November 19, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Elvis Redzepagic was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for “attempting to provide material support and resources to the designated foreign terrorist organizations the Islamic State...

Turkey Under Pressure To Shut Down Hamas Operations Within Its Borders

Last week, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called on the Turkish government to shut down Hamas offices within Turkey’s borders after Israel broke up a Hamas cell of more than 50 operatives who Israel's Shin Bet security agency said were directed...

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The body count does not lie. The awful track record of successful lone actor and organised attacks and near misses is incontrovertible. It comes off as tin-eared at best when senior counter-terror police...