"The Counter Extremism Project, which maintains databases on extremist and terrorist groups around the world, calls Jane’s Revenge a “militant pro-abortion rights group” and says the group has claimed responsibility for arson and vandalism across the...

"Australian white supremacists and neo-Nazis are encouraging members to undergo combat sports training and law enforcement avoidance under the banner of “Active Clubs”, a parliamentary inquiry into right-wing extremism heard from the Counter...

Eye on Extremism: April 11, 2024

“A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday that Hamas did not have 40 living hostages in Gaza who met the criteria for an exchange under a proposed cease-fire agreement with Israel being negotiated. A senior Israeli official said Israel had been...

Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: Foreign Fighters – Part 2

During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...

"'I assess the danger as relatively concrete and tangible,' says Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project in the latest 'frontal' broadcast."

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "Synthetic drugs exploded across the prison estate causing devastation and helping entrench a drugs economy led by organised crime that is now almost too big and too lucrative to fail. My independent Government...

"Iran has many ways to respond to Israeli strike: Hans-Jakob Schindler, Counter Extremism Project"

(Mis)Understanding the transnational violent extreme-right Active Club Strategy

In early April 2024, CEP submitted a report to the inquiry of the Parliament of Australia into right-wing extremist movements. This blog summarizes the contribution of CEP´s senior adviser Alexander Ritzmann to the CEP report, where he analyzes the...

Eye on Extremism: April 10, 2024

“Israel’s foreign minister threatened Wednesday that his country’s forces would strike Iran directly if the Islamic Republic launched an attack from its territory against Israel, as tensions between the rival powers flare following the killings of...

"This resurgence is further highlighted by a surge in IS attacks, particularly in central Syria, as noted by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). Their report revealed at least 69 confirmed attacks by IS in central Syria last month, resulting in...