"Riza Kumar, a researcher at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), underscored that raids against ISIS need to continue to ensure that sleeper cells are actively neutralized to prevent future recruits' radicalization."

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Deradicalisation implies a binary process where toxic worldviews that may have their pre-cursors in early life can simply be switched off. No-one who has genuinely recanted a belief in violent extremism — they...

CEP Webinar: Islamism – Bridging the Atlantic Divide

On December 14, 2020, CEP hosted a discussion on the unique challenges facing France and other European states, coming from both Islamism and jihadist violence. The recent spate of jihadist terror attacks in Europe has highlighted concerns over...

CEP Advisor Liam Duffy speaks with Ritula Shah about terrorism and radicalization in France, as part of a larger conversation about whether the French government is marginalizing Muslims: "France has probably been targeted more than any other Western...

CEP Report Launch | Gradualists to Jihadists: Islamist Narratives in the West

On December 10, 2020, CEP launched a new report: "Gradualists to Jihadists: Islamist Narratives in the West" The author of the report, CEP Advisor Liam Duffy, examines why Islamism should be treated as political ideology and calls for greater...

CEP Webinar: Islamism – Bridging the Atlantic Divide

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to our webinar Islamism – Bridging the Atlantic Divide.

Muslim Brotherhood in North Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Conclusions | Viktor Szucs

December 8, 2020 | Radical political Islamism has received increasing attention, especially following the recent terror attack in Austria and the subsequent arrests that aimed to curtail this ideology in order to prevent future attacks. Whether this...

Muslim Brotherhood in North Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Conclusions | Andrea Marinković

December 8, 2020 | Radical political Islamism has received increasing attention, especially following the recent terror attack in Austria and the subsequent arrests that aimed to curtail this ideology in order to prevent future attacks. Whether this...

Muslim Brotherhood in North Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Conclusions | Prof. Ešref Kenan Rašidagić

December 8, 2020 | Radical political Islamism has received increasing attention, especially following the recent terror attack in Austria and the subsequent arrests that aimed to curtail this ideology in order to prevent future attacks. Whether this...

Muslim Brotherhood in North Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Conclusions | Dr. Lorenzo Vidino

December 8, 2020 | Radical political Islamism has received increasing attention, especially following the recent terror attack in Austria and the subsequent arrests that aimed to curtail this ideology in order to prevent future attacks. Whether this...